[Coco] Re: NitrOS-9 V03.02.01 Release (Auto-discard notification)

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

>Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 20:13:27 -0400

>From: DavidHalko at netscape.net (David Halko)

>To: devel at nitros9.org,

>	coco at maltedmedia.com (CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts)

>Subject: Re: NitrOS-9 V03.02.01 Release

>

>I sent an email to Boisy months ago saying that I could help with the

documentation process. I just don't necessarily want to use MSWord. 

>

>My system is Eliminator based - not sure whether NitrOS9 will run on it. 

>

>- Thanks,

>Dave Halko

>

>"Richard E. Crislip" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:

>

>>Hello Boisy

>>

>>On 05/07/04, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:

>>> All,

>>> 

>>> NitrOS-9 V03.02.01 has been released and is available on the website at 

>>> www.nitros9.org for download.

>>> 

>>> What's New

>>> Extra commands were added, and a few bugs were squashed in this 

>>> release, and more and more commonality is being brought between Level 1 

>>> and Level 2 distributions.  Driver names for the same hardware is now 

>>> the same in both Level 1 and Level 2.  Also, driver names are moving 

>>> toward a more OS-9/68K style.  For example, sacia has been renamed to 

>>> sc6551 to reflect that it is (1) an SCF driver, and (2) it is for the 

>>> 6551 ACIA chip.  Expect more of these types of changes in future 

>>> releases.

>>> 

>>> Documentation

>>> This is still an area in the project that is severely lacking.  I have 

>>> not heard from the two people that have stepped up to do the 

>>> documentation... James Dagget and Richard Crilisp (sp?) were last 

>>> working on Basic09 documentation in Word.   The NitrOS-9 User Manual 

>>> and Technical Manual need to be written.

>>>

>>

>>Will bring my part to the fest. You are planning to be there right?

>> 

>>> Future Direction

>>> There are still a number of things that I would like to see done with 

>>> NitrOS-9.  For one, splitting GrfInt and WindInt back out as separate 

>>> modules, like it was done originally in OS-9 Level Two.  This would 

>>> save on system RAM for users who don't want to run Multi-Vue/GShell.  

>>> Also, taking the CoCo 3 Hi-Res screen GetStat/SetStat calls out of 

>>> VDGInt and putting them in a separate subroutine module that can be 

>>> called from VDGInt or GrfInt, so that games like KQ3, Koronis Rift, 

>>> etc. can run without needing the 32x16 column support that VDGInt has.

>>> 

>>> Boisy

>>> 

>>> 

>>Regards

>>-- 

>>Cruisen                                                    _|_

>

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