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| Qimsi PS2 keyboard routines integrated (wl). |
| QLSD: Fixed D1 return of iof.rhdr (MK). |
| Q-emulator version added (DT). |
| EXEP_M, EXEP_W and function variants added (wl). |
| DLIST, CKEYON/OFF bugfix (wl). |
| Max name length for Sbasic job is now 48 characters (wl). |
| SER port flow command fixed (note that SMSQE doesn't actually implement software xoff, xon...) (wl). |
| Q68 mouse and SER handling improved (wl). |
| Q68 more config items (led at boot timen different home/end keys) (wl). |
| Q68 Time setting routines also set time in the Q68 hardware register, respecting PROT_DATE (wl). |
| SMSQmulator serial port and better keyboard reading (wl). |
| SMSQmulator fixed nfa and sfa physical defn length (wl). |
| WMAN can now draw indexes (AH). |
| SOUND command renamed to SOUND_AY b/c of clash with SOUND device (MK). |
| A single QSOUND channel can now address several chips at once (MK). |
| QPC added QPC_FLASHBUTTON and QPC_HASFOCUS (MK). |
| Fixed QUBIDE/QLW1 driver (MK). |
| Q68 fixed FAT1_ config item (wl). |
| Ramdisk makes QDOS driver again (MK). |
| Fixed io.minf for dv3 to fill name with spaces as before (broken in v3.36) (MK). |
| QL-SD: Minerva fixes, QLNET support, new BASIC utilities (MK+wl). |
| Ptr_gen fixed QL Mode support, added native QemuLator support (MK). |
| Make QDOS NUL driver again (MK). |
| Fixed dead ' key on spanish keyboard for Gold card (MK). |
| Gut make channel list distinguishes between CON and SCR channels (MK). |
| Adaption for QPC2 v5 (MK). |
| Initial support for QPC QSOUND for AY sound (MK). |
| No longer add default devices if filename starts with valid device name (MK). |
| Q68 16-bit card transfer, bugfixes (wl). |
| Q40 fix for Atari partition check (wl). |
| SBasic fixed "buffer full" error in command line history (wl). |
| SMSQmulator support for udp/udd device (wl). |
| QL-SD allows direct formatted cards (MK). |
| Ibm keyboard : key to generate chr$(188) added (MK+wl). |
| Better handling of iof_xinf (for dmedium_name$) (MK+wl). |
| SMSQmulator better keyboard read (wl). |
| Fixed FDEL (wl). |
| Q68 fixed spp_par thing (wl). |
| Q68 better card handling, CARD_INIT no longer needed (wl, inspired by MK). |
| Q68 may use interrupt for kbd read (needs new FPGA programming) (wl). |
| Q40 correct handling of direct QLWA formatted CF cards (wl). |
| Q40 can use container files on partitions 0-3 (wl). |
| Q40 WIN_CHECK, CARD_DIR, CARD_CRUSH commands added (wl). |
| Spanish keyboard tables and messages added (MK). |
| QL-SD modified driver (MK). |
| Fixed crash in network driver (MK). |
| Added SUSJB and FDEL keywords (PJW). |
| Sbasic : string variable cannot be REPeat control variable (wl). |
| Q68 always return even address for mem request for fast memory (wl). |
| SMSQmulator better 8 bit sprite cache handling (wl). |
| Added SSJOB command, extended JOB_NAME to compiled programs (PJW). |
| TK II provide for ROM and standalone version (mk). |
| QL-SD updated drivers (mk). |
| Q68 WIN_FORMAT command fixed (wl). |
| Q68 better handling of SD Cards (wl). |
| Q68 and Qx0 fix time stretch (wl). |
| Fixed Sbasic "end of program/command line" problems (MK). |
| Fixed Sbasic "retry-in-floating point" mechanism on overflow (MK). |
| QL network improvements (MK). |
| Disable ABC keyboard by default (MK). |
| Floppy sets step for 4 drives, not 5 (MK). |
| Improved EE + WMAN for QDOS (MK). |
| Smaller UC case conversion code (MK). |
| Incorporate stand-alone TK II sources (MK). |
| QL-SD Drivers for QLWA & QLW1 container files (MK + wl). |
| Qx0 compressed ROM (wl). |
| Qx0 better handling of FAT16 formatted CF cards in ISA adapter (wl). |
| Q68 better reading of slower cards, reads writes some SD cards (wl). |
| Q68 better ssss handling (wl). |
| SMSQmulator new way to get SSSS sample size (wl). |
| Fixed arithmetic stack overflow on long strings (MK). |
| All goldcard versions link in external roms (wl). |
| SQRT offset in QPC & SMSQmulator patchtables fixed (wl). |
| Release removable drive after delete (MK). |
| Better network name check (MK + wl). |
| FAT16 driver for lager disks ( up to 256 MB) (wl). |
| QUBide file system driver added (wl). |
| SMSQmulator better sound & mousewheel handling (wl). |
| Version for Q68 added (wl). |
| Q40 DISP_MODE command added (wl). |
| Q40 LBA access to QXL.WIN files on FAT32 media (wl). |
| RPIXL works in 8 and 16 bit colour modes (dw). |
| LRESPR within procedure bug fixed (mk). |
| Home thing uses correct job ID when opening the dir for a file (wl). |
| SMSQmulator uses "java control" Thing for misc operations (wl). |
| The string slicing bug fix in v. 3.28 is cancelled, reverting back to old behaviour (wl). |
| QPC: Fixed 3rd slice of mod table, start at $10000 and not $fffc (MK). |
| SMSQmulator : link in floppy module (was broken in 3.29 - wl). |
| DMEDIUM_DRIVE$ fixed (MK). |
| INPUT buffer is limited to max string length (32K -2) (wl). |
| Index of string_length +1 in string slicing before the TO no longer accepted (MK). |
| FSEND_EVENT function added (wl). |
| SMSQmulator : JVA_VER$ etc added, better stipple handling, copy QL screen (wl). |
| Max string array size is 32766, not 32767 (wl). |
| Implemented RENAME support for the DOS device (MK). |
| Added alpha blending support for general graphics functions (MK/wl). |
| New trap iow.salp to set the alpha blending weight (MK). |
| New SBasic keyword ALPHA_BLEND to set the alpha blending weight (MK). |
| Fixed crash for slightly overlapping windows (MK). |
| CKEYON/OFF no longer block jobs other than job 0 (wl). |
| When jobs are created, the size of the job, and the data space, are made even (wl). |
| Recent thing implemented (wl). |
| JVA_SCRUPDT & JVA_MBAR_STATUS for SMSQmulator (wl). |
| Cosmetic changes for smsqeweb (pjw). |
| DMEDIUM_DENSITY returns -1 if ramdisk, ...NAME$ returns correct name (wl). |
| SMSQmulator keyrow >8 doesn't read keyrow 0 (wl). |
| Added FEX_M keyword (PJW). |
| Better edge detection when moving window (wl). |
| Atari mono mode works again (wl). |
| SMSQmulator ieee float ops added (wl). |
| SMSQmulator removed debug code during initialisation (wl). |
| Added file open check when making directories (wl). |
| SMSQ/E DV3 floppy driver for SMSQmulator (wl). |
| Added read-only check in dv3_sbyt (MK). |
| Integrated QPC specific code (MK). |
| Fixed pending new-line bug in csize for appsub windows (MK). |
| Menu appsub wdws may have csizes for text objects (wl). |
| Window move with transparency fixed for pulled-down wdws (wl). |
| COLOUR_NATIVE for aurora modes fixed (MK). |
| Window move with transparency implemented (for display modes 16, 32 and 33) (wl). |
| Double border type fixed (MK). |
| Fixed 3d border with zero width (MK). |
| In some pointer ops, save A3 during sms.rchp for QDOS systems (MK). |
| Fixed mode 8 for recolour (MK). |
| Fixed keyrow line 1, bit 5 ("\" on English kbds) in ibm tables (MK). |
| Fixed denormalised value on divide (MK). |
| Fixed "for i=0 to a(0,0)" loop bug (MK). |
| Fixed uq_ssq in serio (GG). |
| Correctly handle sprites with 0 mask pointer for qxl,java (MK,wl). |
| Cosmetic changes, removal of "Blat" macro defns in several files (WL). |
| Correct stack compression in init_exv_asm (GG). |
| Added java "machine" in machine definitions (WL). |
| Added check for SMSQmulator when moving windows (WL). |
| Added SMSQmulator specific code (WL). |
| One-line SELect no longer crashes on multiple expressions (MK). |
| Function()(x) no longer gives wrong char if x = last char index (MK). |
| If necessary, INPUT returns buffer overlow for compiled programs (MK). |
| Fixed swapped CTRL+SHIFT+Y and CTRL+SHIFT+Z on German keyboard (MK). |
| Fixed return value for sliced strings (MK). |
| Enable QPC numlock. Provide entry to set numlock for QPC (MK). |
| Shadow drawing bug (introduced in 3.10) fixed for Aurora (MK). |
| New system variable sys_xdly (delay after executing a job in 1/50s) (MK). |
| All inbuilt job executions respect sys_xdly (MK). |
| QPC initialises sys_xdly with 5 (MK). |
| New CTRL+C behaviour introduced, uses least-recently-used job order (MK). |
| New CTRL+C behaviour made configurable in QPC (MK). |
| Background I/O made configurable in QPC (MK). |
| Correct length set in home dir if simple device (wl). |
| New keywords YEAR%, MONTH%, DAY% and WEEKDAY% (MK). |
| QA.OP/QA.MOP load/store fixed for op-codes below $80 (MK). |
| Working QXL keyboard LEDs (BC). |
| HOME thing bugfixed and integrated: it is a new module (MK + wl). |
| Boot filename is set as current SBasic filename and Home filename (MK). |
| Sbasic sets home dir upon (q)load (wl). |
| File name from QD is set as home file name when using SBAS/QD (MK). |
| Improved Qx0 cache handling (TG). |
| Improved History device: Keeps track of number of message, disallows empty string (MK). |
| History device returns number of messages as file length & file pointer is limited to nbr of message (MK). |
| Basic has a new command line history (up/down arrows) (MK). |
| When display size decreased, Basic windows will be reset to within screen (MK). |
| Restore screen when unmanaged window is altered/closed (MK). |
| Screen background drawing even if window is partly buried (default OFF) (MK). |
| New commands PE_BGON and PE_BGOFF to enable/disable background drawing (MK). |
| New commands PEEK_F, PEEKS_F, POKE_F, POKES_F (MK). |
| Tries to release a Drive Definition Block if drive table is full (MK). |
| JOBID added (PW). |
| Bugfixes (thanks to MK). |
| Call to HOME thing via EXxx commands added (wl). |
| Bugfixes: lower right corner of high colour shadows fixed (MK). |
| Wrong errror return of wm.jbpla fixed (MK). |
| Double 3D border type fixed (MK). |
| Wrong error sprite return fixed (wl). |
| Sprite clipping at window borders implemented (MK). |
| Implemented sprites with no (= solid) mask (MK). |
| New copy sprite vector added (MK). |
| HOT_GETSTUFF$ added (MK). |
| Qx0 code is ROMmable again (wl). |
| Qx0 cachecontrol module revamped (wl). |
| No directory drive nbr > 8 allowed (wl). |
| QXL version bugfixes and restart possibility (BC). |
| QPC new basic commands (QPC_WINDOWSIZE, PAR_GETFILTER, PAR_SETFILTER) (MK). |
| Outline move spurious outline problem fixed (wl). |
| QPC internal version only : new basic commands (PAR_DEFAULTPRINTER$, SER_GET. |
| New keyword EX_M use like EX, but the job created is owned by the calling job (wl). |
| Q40 flp density is REALLY preset to High (1.44 MB disks). If you want to format other density disks, set the density to D or E. (wl). |
| QXL version allows you to determine which PC drive is win1_ etc... (BC). |
| QPC SMSQ/E sampled sound system (SSSS) support (MK). |
| QPC small fix in FORMAT of removeable WIN drives (MK). |
| The "Quit" keyword takes an optional parameter (long int) that is passed to the calling job (eg return_code=FEW(your_program)) (PJW). |
| Q40 flp density is preset to High (1.44 MB disks). If you want to format other density disks, set the density to D or E. (wl). |
| Sprites (of 6x10 size) may be used as cursor (wl). |
| Corrected QL mode 8 sprite cache handling (JG). |
| Rptr distinguishes better between loose items & appsub menu items (wl). |
| Spp open clears CD inactive count (MK). |
| Better 3d border handling (MK). |
| Fixed pointer save on new move operation (wl). |
| WM_BLOCK prodecure fixed (GG & MK). |
| Some bugfixes for SER PAR PRT ports (MK) PRT_USE$ used wrong offset - fixed (wl). |
| Cursor move if one-line wdw fixed (delete still a problem) and added ...configurable key to enter line into stuffer buffer (wl). |
| PARNAM$ and PARSTR$ fixed (wl). |
| EXTRAS lists all keywords, not only those it thinks are not in ROM (MK). |
| new Cachemode module for the Qx0 (FD, based on code donated by Mark Swift). |
| Extended colour border call with 0 border bug fixed (MK). |
| (Super) Goldcard initilisation problem fixed (MK). |
| Left & right shift keys are handled separately (MK). |
| Mode screen aspect ratio is variable (MK). |
| Extended revamp for mode 16 (Gold Card/ Aurora). (MK) Bugfix for rchp : Doesn't break free space list if block was already free (MK). |
| More system sprites (MK). |
| New window move routines & Config block (WL + MK). |
| Fixed bug for stippled borders in WMAN (WL). |
| More con vectors (WL). |
| Bugfix for object drawing & wman rptr routines (WL & MK). |
| Fixed wallpaper on display change, broken in 2d99 (MK). |
| Bugfix for move routine in mode 4 (WL). |
| Fixed bug in screen driver that could crash the machine in low memory situations (MK). |
| Added many sprite modes (mode 64, mode 32/33 etc.) (MK & JG). |
| Added support for large sprites (MK). |
| New high colour WMAN with lots of new features (MK & WL). |
| New sprite formats with alpha blending & RLE compression (MK). |
| Better handling of hard disks for Q40 (JG). |
| Better handling of system sprites, many more system sprites introduced (MK). |
| WMAN colour palettes introduced & config block for them (MK). |
| New keywords FEX etc... (PW & MK). |
| Default keyboard may be different from default message languages (WL). |
| Sprites may be drawn differently depending on item status (WL + MK). |
| New con/ptr vectors concept introduced (MK). |
| Better handling of background colours (MK). |
| Basic procs OK even if a LARGE number of parameters are passed to them (MK). |
| Bugfixes for some EE traps, keep A1 as per documentation (WL). |
| Qx0 caches on at startup (FD). |
| 8 bit Aurora GD2 screen driver, also introduced in QPC (MK). |
| Screen aspect ratio for graphics functions now a CON variable (MK). |
| Hotkey system configurable again like standalone version (MK). |
| RND no longer returns invalid floating point for RND=0. |
| A3 addressing problems in pointer open routine fixed. |
| d Fixed free/total sector info of STAT and DIR for large drives (MK). |
| Re-implemented sms.frtp the way it was supposed to be (MK). |
| Changed FREE_MEM SBASIC function to use sms.frtp (MK). |
| Background colour now drawn on-the-fly instead of consuming memory (MK). |
| Changed RAM disc for fast memory use (MK). |
| e QPC implemented "fast" memory (MK). |
| f EXTRAS command changed to show all SBASIC commands no matter where their code is located (MK). |
| x,y,z better handling of shadows in high colour mode (MK). |
| "Fast memory" also on Qx0 (MK). |
| Italian language support (FD). |
| No more MOVEP for Qx0 (FD). |
| Q40 (and other SPP common drivers) channel name for ser H/I corrected. |
| Q40 ... SER_FLOW corrected. |
| Push unnormalised FP corrected. |
| Revised init - soft RESET / hard keyboard RESET for all versions. |
| IBM keyboard / keypad / keyrow / tables updated. |
| Atari diskette format density selection corrected (bug since 2.93). |
| Gold Card Test version. |
| First Atari ST/TT GD2 version. |
| Length of negative integer to string conversion fixed again. |
| Consolidated Q40 V2.95 test versions a to e. |
| Atari select drive 1/2 for stopping drive corrected (error since 2.93). |
| Single sided formatting restored. |
| Atari disk change density detection timout increased. |
| Keypad ENTER creates DO event on all extended keyboards. |
| Length of negative integer to string conversion fixed!!!. |
| GD2 - Spurious D0 return from pan/scroll by zero fixed. |
| GD2 - Pan with stippled paper fixed for extended colours. |
| Another job / pointer event fix fix. |
| SSSS free queue length corrected. |
| a Q40 translation for instructions > 16 MB corrected / removed. |
| b Q40 DISP_SIZE checks > 512x256 not >= 512x256 for large screen. |
| Q40 More rigourous initialisation (does not assume reset). |
| c Q40 DISP_SIZE size check not lost on QL => 16 bit change. |
| Q40 sms.dmod sets d2 = 0. |
| Q40 ROM reset vector restored. |
| Q40 transparent translation set for ROM . |
| >4Gb drive truncation corrected. |
| When reformatting a partition that has changed size and the new format has fewer allocation sectors and the new number of allocation sectors is odd, the free space linked list is now correctly terminated. |
| e Q40/60 FPU/MMU detection corrected. |
| Q40 COM interrupts not masked on Q40 motherboard!. |
| Q40 LPT interrupts masked in MultiIOchip and interrupt scanner. |
| Q40 Machine/Processor transferred to system variables. |
| Q40 serial mouse re-enabled after mouse buffer full. |
| Q40/QXL Insert key coded as Shift Space (was CTRL F6). |
| GD2 modified to set $18063! |
| First extended colour version. |
| Hit not thrown away by certain button event routines (QPAC2) - bug introduced in V2.93 when trying to fix Job events. |
| FP FOR loop rounding corrected for end point >= 256 x step. |
| IDE drives format fixes for spurious bad sectors. |
| IDE drive limited to < 4 Gbyte (> 4G requires new format). |
| Writethrough cache disable code reordered. |
| Q40 MMU set up for QLiberator. |
| IDE and PC floppy disk timeouts measured during init. |
| Select on expression compiler bug fixed. |
| Q40 border width truncated to byte. |
| Q40 stipples 1 and 3 reversed. |
| V2.92 Q40 changes for floppy disk driver carried into other versions. |
| DV3 length check on direct sector read / write. |
| Events not thrown away by calls to WM.RPTR within WM.RTPR (eg WM.CHWIN). |
| PIPE open channel ID xxxx0004 not confused with directory (I hope). |
| First Q40 version. |
| Revised pointer scheduler routine. |
| Assign to slice of string array repaired (damaged in 2.89). |
| Selective suppression of active keystrokes. |
| Euro symbol added to fount. |
| In-line selects can have an explicit end select. |
| In-line defines can have an explicit end define (V2.89). |
| Thing use does not smash D3 before TH_USE call (V2.89). |
| Dragging the dursor with wake speed 0 does not lock up. |
| Atari wait for HDD ready abandoned (test cmd crashes some disks). |
| Ptr V1.72 Job events handled even if pointer is invisible. |
| Offscreen event (actually edge of screen) only gives out of window if the job is interested in offscreen events. |
| Thing use can be called from supervisor mode. |
| Scheduler routines called with exception vector as for job 0. |
| High priority intensive calculation tasks no longer hog the machine. |
| Atari USA keyboard table. |
| Language dependent selection works even when there are no preferences defined for the languages. |
| PIPE name and channel tied up on close. |
| File error on SAVE without filename correctly handled. |
| In-line defines accepted. |
| ED improvemnts for line numbers >32757. |
| Assigment to a slice of a parameter that is a string slice. |
| D7 passed through to WM.RPTR action routines. |
| Out of window flags cleared when sprite is changed. |
| PAN in mode 8 truncated to even values. |
| French keyboard driver (with "normal" number keys) for SuperHermes (UK). |
| Aurora monitor detect corrected. |
| Atari load can load into QVME memory. |
| Extended SCSI commands used for disks >1 Gbyte. |
| Dummy fileinfo accepts any non-zero key for execution and .bas .sav. |
| QDOS executables stored on MSDOS format disks with (invisible) .EXn MSDOS files with the last char of the name '_' accessible. |
| Overwrite MSDOS file with zero length file fixed. |
| Opening SBASIC default channel 0 does not destroy messages. |
| Gold card format with no disk returns error more quickly. |
| INT vector corrected for small negative numbers. |
| UT.WTEXT modified (should be more compatible with QDOS version under error conditions. |
| More changes to GOLD card init - should now recognise Aurora. |
| PTR 1.71 RPTR presets sub window number etc., to -1. |
| Aurora max line table corrected. |
| Some changes to GOLD card initialisation. |
| WMAN 1.53 underscore checks improved. |
| PTR 1.70 pointer events not eliminated when pointer is out of window. |
| Gold card initialisation trace permanently incorporated. |
| SuperGOLD card 12H/24H clock code modified. |
| Trap init bug corrected (original bug, could have strange effects). |
| Send event only reschedules if the target job has issued a wait event. |
| for the event and has a higher priority. |
| All trap #1s initialised, even the dummy at the end. |
| WMAN 1.52 job event handling (better). |
| GET string into string array does not smash SBASIC data area. |
| WMAN 1.51 job event handling. Aurora support. |
| Error returns from CN.HTOIx and CN.BTOIx made standard. |
| PIPES can be DELETEd and DIRed. |
| SCSI (Atari TT) boot config fixed. |
| NULx x now correct in channel name. |
| A Hotkey buffer increased to 256 bytes. |
| Job functions (JOB$, NXJOB etc.) do not access address if bad job id. |
| EPROM load always returns d0=0. |
| DOS format medium name works even after disk has been scrumpled by W95. |
| HD select ignored for STs without HD select. |
| Unamed pipe name includes channel number. |
| GOLD card can be configured to ignore QIMI. |
| Iofp.off flag implemented in iof.posa (direct sector). |
| sms.cach returns cache status in d1.l (=0 if no cache or disabled, =1 if enabled) and does not set the cache if d1.l -ve. |
| Rename file to zero length name fixed. |
| Zero length substring parameter bug fixed. |
| Trap #2, ioa.cnam implemented for channel name. |
| ioa.cnam implemented in HISTORY, PIPE and SER/PAR/PRT. |
| QXL auto speed detect for network. |
| Make_dir of file xxx__ or xxx___ does not create recursive directories. |
| Timeout on ACSI bus recovery corrected. |
| Pointer positioning iop.sptr improved - problem since 2.71. |
| QXL Auto speed detect for network. |
| Data cache cleared on privilege violation (MC68030 problem). |
| Automatic scroll on CSIZE direction corrected. |
| Gold card. Rubbish character transmit on SER close fixed. |
| This problem could also have caused spurious overwrites. |
| SB.GETx vector sets d1=0 rather than preserving the value (downgrade). |
| DIV and MOD negative handling corrected. |
| Atari auto partition check on boot faster if there is no ASCI target 0. |
| Window size checks corrected. |
| Overflow handling on i%+J%<0 improved. |
| Cursor limited to even x positions in mode 8. |
| SER_CDEOF corrected for SCC ports (Atari Mega STE / TT). |
| Set date corrected on QXL (it is still one second wrong on some PCs). |
| 400, 76800, 83333, 125000 and 153600 baud rates available on Atari, Mega STE and TT SER2. |
| ASCI error recovery improved. Auto detection of removable (CONFIG). |
| SCSI auto detection of removeable (IBM drives!!). |
| Leap year initialisation corrected. |
| Format protection on WIN devices (WIN_FORMAT). |
| DMEDIUM functions added. |
| PRINT_USING currency format extended (integer scaling more flexibility). |
| HOT_STUFF of null string fixed. |
| Handling access faults on PEEK and POKE improved Name length check in DIR etc. |
| G not accepted as hex digit. |
| sb.putp OK on zero length string!. |
| Reliability problem with PRINT ! (V2.71) fixed. |
| Reliability problems with off screen event (V2.71) fixed. |
| IOB.SMUL calls on odd byte boundary do no cause problem for history. |
| Large positive error codes ignored by sms.mptr. |
| PRINT !, separators correct after word wrap. |
| DEVTYPE does not return "end of file" if file at end of file. |
| An ADD.W changed to ADD.L in EX. |
| Name length checked on rename. |
| Format flp3_1 on QXL does not format WIN1!. |
| Pointer event 6 is now "pointer off screen" (actually on edge of screen). |
| (TEST) Job events introduced (sms.sevt sms.wevt SEND_EVENT WAIT_EVENT). |
| (TEST) Job event vector mapped to bits 31-24 of pointer event. |
| ED if last line has syntax error, scroll is safe (does ESC!). |
| DEV_USE n DEV_USE n,'' clear dev_use. |
| SER2 Mega STE restored (problem since TT SER2 upgrade 2.69). |
| QXL SDATE problems (new comms V2.60) (prot_date 1 error return) fixed. |
| EX xxx_bas now works in QLib programs. |
| SER2 TT now operates at 38400. |
| SBASIC LOOP resetting error (after editing program) fixed. |
| ED without line number starts at old top line. |
| TRAP #4 cleared on failed TRAP #2 (improves error handling in SBASIC). |
| QL5A format floppy disk stop handling improved. |
| LIST #n where n does not exist does not SAVE. |
| #0, #1, #2 all initialised even if not open (problems with WMON etc.). |
| Pause at start of SMSQ_GOLD initialisation. |
| QXL Format fixed (problem introduced in new comms V2.60). |
| More wait in PC for QXL. |
| a=b%*c% fixed where a>32768. |
| QXL Mode 8 and disp_update>1 fixed (horrible 80x86 instruction set!). |
| Completely re-designed QXL - PC coms. |
| Re-timed QXL communications. |
| Memory allocation on compile corrected (error in break check in 2.59). |
| X and Y saved positions in channel block swapped. |
| Experimental ASCI (Atari) driver. |
| Case handling of accented characters added to DIR, WCOPY etc. |
| BP.INIT (SB.INIPR) upper / lower case handling improved. |
| IOP.SVPW if fails, returns d1=0 and releases any memory allocated. |
| TKIII ROM ignored on Super Gold Card. |
| CMD$ set up as string so that CMD$(n) can be accessed. |
| l = st$(0) equivalent to l = LEN(st$) for string variables. |
| Allocate memory in heap rejects negative values. |
| WMAN V1.49 more the 4096 rows / columns (maybe). |
| IO retries work even if there is only one channel. |
| Re-organised QXL setup and communications - may cause problems. |
| IOB.ELIN returns cursor position on OK. |
| Atari HDOP for BEEP does not smash A1. |
| INPUT clears cursor on break. |
| BREAK is checked on SBASIC procedure call. |
| Error message on incomplete define (and posibly incomplete if). |
| GOSUB Expression fixed. |
| QWA format (WIN) truncate returns d0 = 0 if no sectors released. |
| QWA format checks update / random number on disk change. |
| OUTLN with no params OK if already outlined. |
| Changes (improvements?) to interaction between keyboard and pointer. |
| F10 (shift F5) stuffs current line in ED. |
| Cursor positioning clears pending newline even if position impossible. |
| So - pending line cleared on INPUT even if line empty. |
| QXL SDATE does not get the time wrong by one minute if seconds = 0 or 1. |
| Pointer self pick improved for keyboard input. |
| Second attempt to deal with rogue drives on Gold card. |
| CALL LRESPR tidied up to improve QREF output. |
| SB_QLIBR set in all SBASIC daughter jobs ('$$external' compatibility). |
| Integer FOR range overflow fixed. |
| DATE, DATE$, DAY$, SDATE all accept 0 (current), 1 (date), 5 or 6 pars. |
| Out of memory handling changed in SBASIC. |
| SBASIC recursion beyond about 4000 levels is no longer a problem. |
| GOLD card: the "more delay" in 2.55 corrected. |
| Cache suppressed time increased to 5 ticks. |
| Atari D (49) KBD CTRL SHIFT 2 produces back arrow. |
| Gold Card (GB) KBD CTRL SHIFT ~ produces $1e. |
| QD5 Thing compiler error line number corrected. |
| EOF renamed EOFW (waits for data / end of file). |
| EOF (SuperBASIC compatible) does not wait, may miss end of file. |
| iob.suml = 6 implemented as untranslated version of iob.smul. |
| UPUT is untranslated (no TRA, no LF/CR conversion) version of BPUT. |
| Yet another attempt at Super GOLD Card plug in initialisation. |
| More delay in SuperGold card serial output. |
| >1023 files in directory fixed. |
| Minor change to ACSI driver. |
| QA.OP (raise FP to INT) error return corrected (used to return exp). |
| >256 kbyte files on >512 Mbyte disk scatter load corrected. |
| SBASIC procedure initialisation leaves some extra spare space. |
| Use of string variable as FOR or REPEAT LOOP index corrected. |
| SELECT ON string correctly trapped. |
| D3 MSW clear on poll and scheduler routine calls. |
| SMS.HDOP does not alter A3. |
| GOLD Card MT.IPCOM emulation corrected for send nothing. |
| RANDOMISE made random. |
| RETURN stack handling modified (PARNAM$ PARSTR$). |
| 10 year old bug in handling names as procedure parameters fixed. |
| UT.WTEXT now smashes D3 (it was preserved)! |
| IOB.EDLN on CON device does not give "buffer full" for single line edit. |
| LOOP variables not cleared, but recreated after "EDIT", "LRESPR" etc. |
| WMON, WTV do not set outline (but still move it if set) - use OUTLN. |
| OUTLN (no params) outlines #0 to area occupied by job (window unchanged). |
| IOW.OUTL with size=-1 outlines current hit area (window unchanged). |
| In place string array element assignement corrected (error since V2.29). |
| EPROM_LOAD works on (Super)Gold card even if no ROM present. |
| ROM messages written out on SuperGOLD card. |
| DV3 fixes for DOS sub-directories with more than 30 files. |
| DV3 fix for rename in directory with name ending with '.'. |
| N response to COPY, OVERWRITE query does not now return error code. |
| GOLD Card only. |
| BAUD / Serial port changeover interaction fixed (losing characters). |
| RESET for Miracle Hard disk. |
| "Gold" preserved at address $1000a for Falkenberg Disk interfaces. |
| Super GOLD card links in extension cards. |
| . replaced by country code in version number on Gold V3 and Super Gold. |
| HOT_THING1 added as alternative name for HOT_WAKE. |
| SER2 available on QXL even if SER1 is not. |
| BAUD on QXL effective immediately even when SER channel is open. |
| Paragraph sign ($15) added to IBM printer translate. |
| CHAR_DEF address/0/-1, address/0/-1 (as CHAR_USE) sets default founts. |
| iow.font sets default founts if D2='DEFF'. |
| Further increases in ACSI timeouts. |
| QXL USA language preferences corrected. |
| Atari format OK with odd FLP_TRACK. |
| Soft reset (CTRL ALT SHIFT TAB) repaired on TT (and fast RAM 030 cards). |
| STE / TT SER2 and SER4 reliablility improved (up to 120 kbaud Mega STE). |
| Multiple ranges allowed in DLINE. |
| All ROM addresses scanned on SuperGold Card. |
| DEV_USEN nnn sets the name of the DEV device. |
| DEV_USE accepts single name parameter or no name = DEV_USEN. |
| ABC keyboard: F5 cancels F5. |
| Atari SCSI select timeout increased from 0.5 to 2 seconds. |
| Atari ACSI and SCSI parameter byte timeout increased to 2 seconds. |
| SER_PAUSE port, n (us) for Gold card stop bits. |
| RENUM / DLINE within procedure fixed. |
| SMS.EXV (MT.TRAPV) returns made QDOS compatible, SMS_ERTB correctly set. |
| Revised OPEN_DIR (sets name to true directory). |
| Revised initialisation / config for QVME. |
| Two changes in V2.44 did not actually appear in the release version. |
| Here they are: KEYROW and MERGE. |
| Third attempt at ABC keyboard. |
| Second attempt at ABC keyboard. |
| CTRL ALT SHIFT TAB is quick reset. |
| Increased delay on Gold card serial transmit. |
| CAPSLOCK does not affect ALTKEYS on any /E version. |
| X=0-2^N is now normalised. |
| Keyrow access to address 2 fixed (or should have been - see V2.46). |
| More DOS filename friendly: . accepted in SBASIC name; _ accepted in DOS name. |
| DOS second map update corrected. |
| DISP_UPDATE added to QXL SMSQ/E. |
| Faster detection of no disk (very much faster on GOLD card). |
| RES_128 and RES_SIZE now read boot file. |
| Fast RAM accepted for any ST. |
| CONFIG level 2 and configurable inital screen size for Atari. |
| SHIFT TAB at start of line fixed. |
| MERGE does not change SBASIC program name (or should not - see V2.46). |
| New loader for GOLD Card version 3. |
| Error message numbers -(n*128) give unknown error message. |
| WGET, WPUT, LGET, LPUT, HGET, HPUT added. |
| QVME pan top lhword of screen OK. |
| All module titles checked. |
| INPUT (and program input) can survive buffer >32767. |
| First try at ABC keyboard interface. |
| =value outside select clause is correctly trapped. |
| TT set clock does not overwrite (a2). |
| Atari FLP cache handling corrected. |
| ED - Extended delete back now works reliably across multiple lines. |
| - Edit at bottom of window is now safe(r). |
| First E version for QXL. |
| HOTKEY (and BT_HOTKEY) amended for HOT_CMD. |
| UT.CSTR corrected for cases 0 and 1 (QUBIDE). |
| FIX for SERMOUSE on GOLD Card. |
| PROT_MEM / PROT_DATE for unmodified Atari ST repaired (bad since 2.36). |
| PROT_MEM for unmodified Atari ST more fully implemented. |
| CAPSLOCK implemented on GOLD and SuperGOLD card. |
| GOLD and SuperGOLD card ED handling corrected. |
| UT.CSTR available on SuperGOLD card and nearly right (see V2.40). |
| Fixes two character wrap problems in IOB.ELIN (one introduced in 2.37). |
| Super GOLD card configuration and BOOT corrected. |
| QSAVE does not lose a line for every WHEN ERRor. |
| Limit check on sub-strings of string arrays corrected (bug since V2.34). |
| CURSOR with four parameters can go outside window. |
| CALL from Turbo programs fixed (problem since QLOAD was added in V2.22). |
| WIN_DRIVE$ rejects 0 as parameter. |
| RENUM 1,1 accepted. |
| Type left in SBASIC procedure and function definitions (QREF). |
| 4 floppy disk drives supported on GOLD and SUPERGOLD cards. |
| Second attempt at Super GOLD Card version. |
| LOAD program, DLINE TO, MERGE similar program: does not now fail. |
| Further improvements to QXL keybard handling. |
| Atari SER2 and SER4 receive special condition directed to receive code. |
| ED can cope with more than 57 lines in window. |
| GOLD Card SER driver adapted for SERmouse. |
| MODE 8 open CON sets CSIZE 2,0 (not 0,1 as before!). |
| NET Server does not screw up QXL interrupt server (as much!). |
| QXL Keyboard (and SER) made more immune to interrupt disabling. |
| QXL Keyboard status lights (sometimes) reflect internal QXL status. |
| DDOWN (etc) do not return silly error code. |
| MERGE and MRUN within programs fixed. |
| Pointer Interface CTRL C handling made more robust. |
| String slice longer than undimensioned string is truncated (see V2.37). |
| Defaulting improved for case where file exists (returns already exists). |
| ACSI key added to TT version of sms.achp. |
| % and $ not allowed in names. |
| Hermes Baud corrected. |
| New QXL.EXE with serial comms improved for Duplex operation. |
| First GOLD card version. |
| Error on SAVE overwrite - N corrected. |
| SB.GTLIN corrected for string to long integer conversion. |
| EX basic program immunised against $4AFBs left behind by QLiberator. |
| "Unset" variables now have name usage 0 (like SuperBASIC) - RJOB etc. restored to old style. |
| SAVE (noname) after LOAD of a _sav file automatically adds _bas. |
| Rework of defaulting strategy - fixes QLiberator channel #0 problems!. |
| INPUT (etc) a$ where a$ is an array element, clears a$ to spaces. |
| '12345678' (2 to 5) (2 to 3) now accepted. |
| Internal modification of check write protect: should be invisible. |
| Float and integer FOR loops with string ranges fixed. |
| Atari ST HD and precompensation strategy changed. |
| Assignment to substring parameters permitted. |
| FILL$ checks for length in range. |
| SAVE PAR does not give a spurious error. |
| Procedure call mechanism compatible with Q_ERR_ON. |
| String slices may be longer than strings. |
| Assigning strings to elements of a string array clears the element. |
| DATA statement handling in erroneous programs correct (it looked like a compiler or ED problem). |
| 'sz' and greek letters treated as letters. |
| RJOB etc. accept name as a job name. |
| BREAK with job 0 asleep no longer crashes. |
| HOT_KEY and HOT_CMD accept null parameters. |
| Buried job 0 does not lose error messages (so often). |
| WIN_WP acts immediately. |
| Channel and Job tags always positive. |
| KBD_TABLE address made consistent with old SMSQ / old Atari drivers. |
| TRAP #3 with d3 different to 0 in supervisor mode are no longer atomic. |
| INPUT buffer made expandable. |
| IOB.TBYT IOB.FBYT permitted on directory (EOF now works). |
| 0^0 is 1!! |
| QXL network repaired. |
| ED: ALT backspace within line number fixed. |
| SYS_LANG moved to avoid QSOUND conflict. |
| QD5 Thing extended to handle CLEAR, CONTINUE/RETRY and WHEN ERROR. |
| String arrays filled with spaces, TO n allowed up to dimension (arith). |
| Out of memory on dimension is non-fatal. |
| Listing of $0 corrected. |
| MODE of high res QL displays is now 0 or 8 (was 1 or 9 internally). |
| Blitter included in MACHINE type. |
| Channel ID corrected in built in OUTLN. |
| HISTORY OPEN preserves A0!! |
| Check for incorrect filetype on LOAD is fixed. |
| Atari DV3 sets defaults to WIN if WIN1_BOOT is found. |
| SBASIC error message handling clears Trap #4. |
| SBASIC error recovery from errors in command FILE improved. |
| Check for dangling NEXT, EXIT and END in command line improved. |
| INSTR_CASE added. |
| Stack overrun on string slicing fixed. |
| FORMAT and immediately access disk problem fixed (Atari). |
| Extensions may be added in a loop. |
| Editing programs with integer loop variables fixed. |
| SBASIC release version: from now on, ALL corrections will be recorded. |
| Fixes for DOS format make directory and delete; null sub-strings of string arrays as parameters. |
| Assign string variable to integer. |
| FOR and REP loops cleared. |
| First full TT version. |
| 'Release' Version?. |
| Turbo compatibility restored. |
| POKE_W accepts oversize numbers. |
| SBAS/QD Thing added. |
| FileInfo Thing added. |
| A few errors corrected (including MAP overwrite). |
| Cache suppressed for 2 ticks only. |
| Rationalise cursor key handling. |
| HISTORY added. |
| QSAVE QLOAD etc. etc. (see V2.37) |
| BASIC VARS in low memory, staging posts for vectors. |
| New functions and procedures completed. |
| Atari HD floppy disks supported. |
| TRIG errors intercepted correctly. |
| German corrected. |
| INPUT substrings added. |
| UT_GTxxx (CA_GTxxx) handles substring arrays. |
| Delete subdirectory corrected. |
| Language facilities added. |
| QLWA free space handling corrected. |
| Even mare compatible DV3. |
| New loader. |
| Yet more. |
| Even more. |
| More bugs removed. Even more compatible DV3. |
| Lots of bugs removed. More compatible DV3. |
| First test SBASIC version. Multi SBASIC. |
| Experimental SBASIC. |
| Correction to screen update for VGA and SVGA. |
| Mods to Screen update algorithm (particularly for 800x600). |
| INSTR is 5 chars long. Printer works in 8 bit slot. |
| CON newline is held pending even if cursor is enabled (QL ROM bug). |
| Completely rewritten QXL/PC comms. |
| Fixes for 600x800 pixel, CN.FTOD, printer. |
| Fixes for communicaion loss, 800 pixel screen, date$. |
| QXL Floppy disk (re)format. |
| QXL NET device. |
| Improved QXL screen update checks. |
| First Turbo compatible Version. |
| First QXL Version. |
| Length returned by sms.achp unadjusted. |
| Job priority byte only. |
| First test version. |