OSPlus

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: RealDOS_20010519

Notes:
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* OSPlus Text Editor 2.0 - Build 20010519 *
*          Real-mode DOS binaries         *
*                  Readme                 *
*                                         *
*   Copyright (c) Owen Rudge 2000-2001    *
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Thanks for downloading the real-mode binaries of OSPlus Text Editor 2.0. The
OSPlus Text Editor started life as one of three applications in a free
collection of utilities I created back in February 2000 called OSPlus. Many
betas came and went and I ended up with OSPlus 1.0. Soon after, I released
'OSPlus Text Editor 1.0 Standalone' - a small, real-mode version of the Text
Editor (the OSPlus version was protected mode). A bit later, I released the
OSPlus Utility Kit, containing an updated version of this. In around
October 2000, I made parts of OSPlus Open Source. This includes the Text
Editor.

The converters, which can convert RTF and Windows Write to plain text, and
Heinz Rath's sound drivers have been included in this archive.

This version of Text Editor includes support for playing sounds in the
background. You need to run one of the following programs to install the
driver:

BDSB.EXE      -  Sound Blaster
BDSBPRO.EXE   -  Sound Blaster Pro
BDSB16.EXE    -  Sound Blaster 16
BDCS4235.EXE  -  CS4235

If you choose the wrong one, the system could lock up if it installs itself
and you try to play a sound. The driver should display an error message if
it cannot initialise the sound card. You must also type the following
command before you start the Text Editor to enable sound:

SET OSPSOUND=TRUE

To disable sound, type "SET OSPSOUND=". The sound drivers are written by
Heinz Rath (www.geocities.com/heinz_rath/).

DOWNLOADING THE SOURCE CODE

You can get the source of OSPlus Text Editor by CVS. You can also download
ZIPs from http://osplus.sourceforge.net/. You can download older versions
of OSPlus and find out much more information at www.osplus.co.uk.

Please go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/osplus/ for information on CVS
access (and a web-based CVS browser), and the Download page mentioned above.
You can (hopefully) download a nightly CVS tarball from
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/osplus-cvsroot.tar.gz (I'm not sure
if this is admin-only, but it's only mentioned on the admin page).

LINKS

OSPlus home page: http://www.osplus.co.uk/
SourceForge site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osplus/
E-mail:           webmaster@osplus.co.uk

Owen Rudge, 25th May 2001

http://www.osplus.co.uk/
http://www.owenrudge.com/
http://www.owenrudge.co.uk/
http://www.transporttycoon.uk.tt/
http://www.savedgamemanager.uk.tt/

Changes:
CHANGES
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17/12/2000: Made compatible with DJGPP  (orudge)
18/12/2000: Fixed DJGPP link problem (orudge)
19/12/2000: Added support for Allegro and sound (orudge)
19/12/2000: Added new About dialog
20/12/2000: Added Win32 support. This uses WINMM.DLL. (orudge)
21/12/2000: Added build number to About box
24/12/2000: Added -s to GCC command line to strip debugging info (orudge)
24/12/2000: Created Linux version, including Allegro support (orudge)
24/12/2000: Added SOUND.C for sound-related routines (orudge)
26/12/2000: Made TXTRTF.CNV and TXTWRITE.CNV more platform-independant (orudge)
26/12/2000: Reimplemented converter support in Text Editor for Linux (orudge)
04/02/2001: Added MIDI player for DJGPP, Win32 and Linux (orudge)
04/02/2001: Moved all platform-specific sound code into separate files (orudge)
19/05/2001: Created new About OSPlus dialog to replace old dialog (orudge)
19/05/2001: Added build version to About dialog (orudge)
19/05/2001: Uprooted and replaced build files (orudge)
19/05/2001: Dropped Win32 support. When the new Win32 version of TV is out, I may bring it back
            again. (orudge)
19/05/2001: Attempted to add Save Desktop and Restore Desktop commands (orudge)