Floppy Disk Operating System

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: FDOS 0.0.9 SP 2 DE/EN/SP

Notes:
FDOS Operating System
(c) Stefan Tappertzhofen 2002 - 2004

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

FDOS version 1.0, Copyright (C) 2002 Stefan Tappertzhofen FDOS comes with
ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

Changes:
FDOS Operating System


This file contains change log information.

Mod. FDOS 0.0.9 SP 2 (1.3.2004)

* Divide by zero API added
* CPU Command Error API added
* FDOS also will execute (FDOS) COM Files
* BIT16 added 

Mod. FDOS 0.0.9 SP 1 (7.12.2003)

* New Commands: MKDIR, REM, REN, ATTRIB
  MKDIR Creates a new foldier
  REM to comment Text
  REN Renames a file
  ATTRIB Changes the attribute of a file
* New Documentation (german only)
* HELP Command deleted
* New Help files in root directory and DOCS
* Long File Name bug fixed 

Mod. FDOS 0.0.9 (5.12.2003)

* New Command: CREATE
  Create a new file
* New Command: DEL
  Delete a file
* New API to create and delete file
* New API to input a string until Escape is pressed

Mod. FDOS 0.0.8 (22.10.2003)

* New German documentation

Mod. FDOS 0.0.8 Patch 1 (19.10.2003):

* FDOS supports TSR Programs
  You can program TSR Programs as drivers for Mouse, Network,...
* Some Problems fixed
* New Shell Commands for TSR Programs

Mod. FDOS 0.0.8 (12.10.2003):

* A lot of new comments in all Files
* All comments are translated to english
* STATUS command is now a shell command
* GETMEM and PUTMEM are now shell commands
* SCRIPT and STATUS are implemented into
  FDOS.ASM
* CREDITS shell command
* Language Code Bug fixed

Mod. FDOS 0.0.7 Patch 1 (17.9.2003):

  Mod. by Ottonello:
  * Spanish keyboard driver

  Mod. by Stefan Tappertzhofen:
  * MEM Bug fixed
  * TIME Bug fixed
  * PAUSE Command added
  * FDOS Directoy Bug fixed: Don't rename the Disk Volumne to "FDOS"

Mod. FDOS 0.0.7 (2.9.2003):

  Mod. by Ottonello:
  * Spanish Version of FDOS added
  * New Structure of the Setup System
  * DISKEDT Example Application

  Mod. by Stefan Tappertzhofen:
  * EXECUTE Command supports FDOS BATCH Files
  * STARTUP.BAT will be executed after booting FDOS
  * Ping Pong Game
  * TYPE Command with a new Parameter (/s for scrolling the screen)
  * Spanish Language Code added
  * DIR Command Fix (Volumne Label and Path was in one line)

Mod. FDOS 0.0.6 Patch 5 (24.8.2003):

* DOSEML Bug fixed
* TYPE and OpenFile API Bug fixed

Mod. FDOS 0.0.6 Patch 4 (22.8.2003):

* Ottonello, Santiago wrote a README file to work with the FDOS Programming Tools

Mod. FDOS 0.0.6 Patch 3 (21.8.2003):

* FDOS.INC Programming Tool included (Thanks to Ottonello, Santiago)
* Master Mind Game located in "A:\GAMES"


Mod. FDOS 0.0.6 Parch 0/1 to FDOS 0.0.6 Patch 2 (17.8.2003):

* Supporting to Multi Kernel. The application DOSEML.BIN temporary changes the 
  Kernel to DOS Kernel (still in development)
* New command TYPE displays content ot a certain file
* F3 - Function pasting the last executed command in the shell command line
* DIR Command now support the Disk Volumne Label
* TIME and DATE are not included into the shell

Mod. Documentation (3.8.2003):
* 5. Version of the documentation with a lot of new information
* Full Interrupt function overview
* Information about the idea behin several interrupt functions
* English version included

Mod. FDOS 0.0.5 Parch 3 to FDOS 0.0.6 (3.8.2003):

* Complete new memory management fixes a lot of bugs
* First part of a process management included. The MEM command displays 
  running process
* The old FDOS 0.0.1 is included.

Mod. FDOS 0.0.5 Parch 2 to FDOS 0.0.5 Patch 3 (1.6.2003):

* API function execute file modified. After terminating the programm it 
  won't jump to the Shell but to the location where it was executed from
* New structure of some commands

Mod. FDOS 0.0.5 Parch 1 to FDOS 0.0.5 Patch 2 (22.5.2003):

* New API function: Convert 32 Bit number to String
* New release of the DIR command supporting file sizes up to 65536 KB now.
* New release of HELP command
* English and German BOCHS image and emulator first included

Mod. FDOS 0.0.5 to FDOS 0.0.5 Patch 1 (21.5.2003):

* New DIR navigation
* CD.. jumps to the parent directory, CD. To the open directory and CD/
  to the root directory

Mod. FDOS 0.0.4 Patch 1 to FDOS 0.0.5 (4.4.2003):

* FDOS supporting directories and subdirectories
* CD changes to subdirectory, CD.. to the rootdirectory
* Some commands where included into the shell

Mod. FDOS 0.0.4 to FDOS 0.0.4 Patch 1 (4.3.2003):

* New release of the STATUS command
* New release of the DIR command fixes wrong counting of used memory

Mod. FDOS 0.0.3 to FDOS 0.0.4 (27.2.2003):

* German Keyboard Layout Driver implementated
* Small Script language included
* Command Line Parameter supported now
* Some bugs were fixed

Mod. Documentation (11.2.2003):

* New documentation of FDOS 0.0.3 dealing about the FAT 12 Filesystem
  and new Interrupt function structure.

Mod. FDOS 0.0.2 to FDOS 0.0.3 (9.12.2002):

* Supporting the FAT 12 System
* English Version included
* Kernel and Shell are mixed together into the FDOS.SYS
* New memory management
* New structure of the INT 21h
* Three new commands: TIME, DATE and DIR


Mod. FDOS 0.0.1 to FDOS 0.0.2 (17.11.2002):

* New release of the documentation
* Setup Tool was fixed
* Powerpoint File attached