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What's New on These Pages
- 31 Aug 2001 -
Updated xtrs to version 4.8.
- 29 Aug 2001 -
Updated the Catweasel Floppy Read/Write
Tools to version 2.4.
- 14 Jul 2001 -
Updated the Catweasel Floppy Read/Write
Tools to version 2.3. This fixes problems with the RX02 detector
firing when it shouldn't and with testing the ready/disk-changed line
on drives that don't provide this signal.
- 8 Jul 2001 -
Updated xtrs to version 4.7.
- 7 Jul 2001 -
Updated xtrs to version 4.6.
- 4 Jul 2001 -
Removed the RCS subdirectory from the cw2dmk version 2.1 zip file. It had been included by mistake,
and caused problems unzipping for at least one person.
- 30 Jun 2001 -
Updated cw2dmk to version 2.1,
which adds some heuristics to cw2dmk to produce cleaner output files
and autodetect RX02 encoding.
- 23 Jun 2001 -
Updated cw2dmk to version 2.0, which
adds the new dmk2cw program to the package.
- 12 Jun 2001 -
- Added a writeup and program
for extracting documents from Model II Scripsit disks.
- Updated cw2dmk to
version 1.6. Removes a small misfeature in 1.5.
- 11 Jun 2001 -
Updated cw2dmk to version 1.5.
Added several features, including the ability to try reading odd tracks
instead of even when double-stepping a 40-track disk in an 80-track
drive, and the ability to read DEC RX02 disks. Features inspired by
mail from Tim Lindner and Richard Breen.
- 13 May 2001 -
Added Ultra-Trek, Galactic Software's first product -
Model I/III/4 Basic
Documentation: Text /
Acrobat /
Word 2000
- 5 May 2001 -
Updated xtrs to version 4.5a. Fixes
minor typos in 4.5 man page and Makefile.
- 4 May 2001 -
Added LS-DOS 6.3.1A for the Model
II/12/16/6000.
- 3 May 2001 -
Updated xtrs to version 4.5.
- 11 Apr 2001 -
Added a topic on creating a Model I LDOS 5.3.1 double density boot
disk to the FAQ.
- 6 Apr 2001 -
Corrected link to cw2dmk; was still pointing to version 1.3.
Added information from Nick Andrew and Phil Ereaut to the FAQ.
- 11 Mar 2001 -
Updated cw2dmk to version 1.4.
Corrected the .txt format documentation, which in 1.3 had been
truncated after the first paragraph. No changes to the program itself.
- 9 Mar 2001 -
Added some information to the FAQ.
This entailed renumbering the questions, so the numbers in
the older "what's new" items below are no longer accurate.
- 19 Feb 2001 -
Updated TRSCROSS to version 1.3,
and added its documentation,
thanks to Larry McCroskey.
- 17 Feb 2001 -
Updated xtrs to version 4.4.
- 2 Feb 2001 -
Moved my Web site to a new server. Tiny changes to many pages.
- 19 Oct 2000 -
More information and corrections to FAQ
topic [14], from Amardeep S. Chana.
- 18 Oct 2000 -
Added information to FAQ
topics [12], [14], and [20], largely from Amardeep S. Chana.
- 11 Oct 2000 -
Updated cw2dmk to version 1.3,
fixing a bug that kept the MS-DOS version from working.
- 12 Aug 2000 -
Updated cw2dmk to version 1.2.
- 24 Jul 2000 - Added topic [21] to the FAQ.
- 21 Jul 2000 -
- Updated xtrs to version 4.3.
- Added information about Model III hi-res graphics cards to the
TRS-80 Resources page.
- Added topics [18] and [19] to the FAQ.
- 3 Jul 2000 -
- 2 Jul 2000 - Added
SU+ Technical Manual: Text /
LazyWriter.
- 24 Jun 2000 - Updated xtrs to version 4.2.
- 22 Jun 2000 - Added Catweasel and cw2dmk section to
the TRS-80 resources page.
- 1 Jun 2000 -
- 19 May 2000 - Updated xtrs to version 4.1.
- 18 May 2000 - Added bug note
on RSHARD drivers for Radio Shack hard disks.
- 12 May 2000 - Added DiskMan: Unreleased disk cataloger by Kim Watt -
Model I/III/4
- 8 Apr 2000 - Broke up main TRS-80 page into one page per section
- 1 Apr 2000 - Updated xtrs to
version 4.0. (Not an April Fool!)
- 10 Jan 2000 - The LDOS Quarterly -
issue 2.5: Text /
Word 97,
scanned by Pete Cervasio.
- 27 Nov 1999 - Updated xtrs to
version 3.9a. (Small fix to GENIE support.)
- 26 Nov 1999 - Updated xtrs to
version 3.9.
- 8 Oct 1999 - Added Hypertext
MRAS documentation, converted by Doug Beattie.
- 7 Sep 1999 - Added LDOS 5.1.3 -
Max-80 -
Notes
- 29 Jul 1999 - Added a link to the
CP/M utilities for xtrs on
Roland Gerlach's TRS-80 page.
- 26 Jul 1999 -
- The LDOS Quarterly -
issue 2.4: Acrobat
- Documentation for GO:CMD -
Word 97 (corrected) /
Acrobat (new)
- Documentation for GO:MTC -
Word 97 (corrected) /
Acrobat (new)
- Documentation for GO:SYS -
Word 97 (corrected) /
Acrobat (new)
- Mark IV Collection documents in Acrobat format -
BEEP,
BSORT,
PRO-CURE (CONV-CPM),
Describe,
FM,
LS-HELP,
LS-COMP,
LS-QFB,
Mach-2,
MOD324,
Overdrive,
PRO-ESP,
X-FTS, and
Z-GRAPH
- Logical Systems Catalog, 1983 -
Acrobat
- The Source, Volume 1 (as retyped, assembler output not shown) -
Acrobat
- Added information about Model I lowercase to the
FAQ
- 25 Jul 1999 - Corrected Word formatting problems and redid Acrobat
files for:
- 23 Jul 1999 - Added a
corrected version of export.com
from xtrs's CP/M utilities disk. Will be included (with source
code) in the next xtrs release. Thanks to Roland Gerlach.
- 21 Jul 1999 - Updated The Source,
Volume 1 to include CRLF.EXE in place of ADDLF.EXE and a revised
readme.txt, both from Douglas Beattie Jr.
- 19 Jul 1999 - Updated The Source,
Volume 1 to include the introductory text; thanks to Douglas
Beattie Jr. Took down the Acrobat version for now because it has
the files in the wrong order and is missing the intro text.
- 17 Jul 1999 - Updated xtrs to
version 3.8.
- 9 Jul 1999 - Updated xtrs to
version 3.7, with improved cassette support, sound, and utilites.
- 20 Jun 1999 - Updated xtrs to
version 3.6, adding support for DMK emulated floppy format (David
Keil's format).
- 17 Jun 1999 - Documentation for the Mark IV collection,
scanned by Tim Mann -
- Table of contents (read first)
- Individual text files: BEEP,
BSORT,
PRO-CURE (CONV-CPM),
Describe,
FM,
LS-HELP,
LS-COMP,
LS-QFB,
Mach-2,
MOD324,
Overdrive,
PRO-ESP,
X-FTS,
Z-GRAPH
- Word 97 (includes table of
contents and all text files)
- 11 Jun 1999 - Added David Keil's TRS-80 emulator to the
FAQ. Revised the
DSK format spec to mention
David Keil's new format.
Added Tony Duell's utilities for formatting TRS-80 disks in an
Intel Linux PC and copying .dsk images to them to the
resources section.
- 8 Jun 1999 -
- 5 Jun 1999 - Documentation for GO:SYS -
Text /
Word 97 -
scanned by Tim Mann
- 4 Jun 1999 - Documentation for GO:MTC -
Text /
Word 97 -
scanned by Tim Mann
- 2 Jun 1999 - Documentation for GO:CMD -
Text /
Word 97 -
scanned by Tim Mann
- 31 May 1999 -
Misosys Mark IV Collection -
combined edition of the Model 4 utilities BEEP, BSORT, MOD324, LS-HELP,
FM, OVERDRIVE, PRO-CESS (CMDFILE), PRO-CURE (CONV-CPM), DD&T,
DESCRIBE, PRO-ESP, PRO-GENY, PRO-IFC, PRO-MACH2, PRO-PaDS, LSQFB,
LSCOMP, X-FTS, PRO-ZCAT, ZGRAPH, ZSHELL, and LS-FED II. Thanks
to Stan Slater.
- 30 May 1999 -
- Misosys LS-Utility disk - Model 4
- Updated and reorganized links.
- Updated contributors section,
with news on new items acquired but not yet online.
- 16 May 1999 -
- 13 May 1999 - Updated links. A new reconstruction of LS-DOS
6.3.1H, from a pre-release copy of the original 6.3.0
source code and build tools, is now available from Frank Durda IV's Web site.
Both Pete Cervasio's reconstruction (available on my page) and Frank's build
a correct LS-DOS disk, but Frank's is closer to the original source
code and easier to read on the Web; on the other hand,
redistribution is restricted.
- 4 Apr 1999 - Updated xtrs to version 3.4.
- 29 Jan 1999 - More Acrobat conversions from Michael Johnston:
The LDOS Quarterly, issue 2.1 -
The LDOS Quarterly, issue 2.2.
- 28 Jan 1999 - Updated link to
Lance Micklus's
web page. Thanks, Lance!
- 23 Jan 1999 - Updated xtrs to version 3.3.
- 12 Jan 1999 -
The LDOS Quarterly -
issue 2.2: Text /
Word 97,
scanned by Pete Cervasio.
- 11 Jan 1999 -
More Acrobat conversions from Stuart Lory:
LDOS 5.3.0 to 5.3.1 manual update -
Filter disk 1 -
Filter disk 2.
- 8 Jan 1999 -
- The LDOS Quarterly
issue 1.6: Acrobat,
converted by Michael Johnston.
- Corrected bad links to LDOS Quarterly 2.1 from 3 Jan 1999 update.
- 3 Jan 1999 -
- 2 Jan 1999 -
- Updated xtrs to version 3.2.
- Revised technical description of emulated floppy disk file formats. Description of DAMs is
now more complete and accurate, and reflects xtrs 3.2. Description
of size codes is clarified with a new table.
- Added information to FAQ topic [10].
- 1 Jan 1999 -
- 15 Dec 1998 -
- Updated xtrs to version 3.1.
- Super Utility+ 3.1a manual -
Acrobat, converted by Stuart Lory.
- 12 Dec 1998 -
- 8 Dec 1998 -
- 3 Dec 1998 - Corrected two bad links;
added Text format for LBASIC manual.
- 2 Dec 1998 - Scans by Tim Mann, the last four from hardcopy provided by
Mark Fishman.
- 28 Nov 1998 -
- 25 Nov 1998 -
- Replaced partial copy of The Basic Answer Model I/III with the
complete release. (Taken from my previously
unopened shrinkwrapped complementary copy, serial number TBA-20029.)
- Added The Basic Answer documentation -
Text /
Word 97, scanned by Tim Mann.
- 23 Nov 1998 -
- 21 Nov 1998 -
- 20 Nov 1998 - LDOS 5.1.x Manual in
Acrobat (PDF) format,
converted by Stuart Lory.
- 17 Nov 1998 -
- 6 Nov 1998 -
- 31 Oct 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.8.
- 30 Oct 1998 - Added slightly modified
Super Utility 4 and explanation by
Gary Shanafelt.
- 26 Oct 1998 -
- 24 Oct 1998 -
- 16 Oct 1998 - Thanks to Mark Fishman:
- 14 Oct 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.6.
- 12 Oct 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.5.
- 11 Oct 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.4.
- 11 Oct 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.3.
- 29 Sep 1998 - Added technical specs for the Model 4
Radio Shack hi-res card.
- 27 Sep 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.2.
- 26 Sep 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.1.
- 25 Sep 1998 - Thanks to Mark McDougall:
- 11 Sep 1998 - Added some items to the links section.
- 19 Jun 1998 - Thanks to Irwin Burton:
- PaDS: Partitioned Data Set utility -
Model I/III -
for Model 4 version see GO:SYS
- 8 Jun 1998 - Removed earlier Model I/III PaDS submission -- it was a blank disk.
- 4 Jun 1998 - Minor revisions to FAQ.
- 25 May 1998 - Added Model 4P ROM
article, originally published in Misosys Quarterly 1.2.
- 24 May 1998 - Updated xtrs to version 2.0.
- 10 May 1998 - Thanks to Irwin Burton:
- 9 May 1998 - The LDOS Quarterly -
issue 1.1: Text /
Word 97, scanned by Pete Cervasio.
- 8 May 1998 - Cosmetic changes.
- 5 May 1998 - Added LBASIC manual,
scanned by Pete Cervasio, in Word 97 format. Text format coming later.
- 4 May 1998 - Revised LDOS and Me to
correct errors and add details.
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