isnews99.txt

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29.4.99: Jason.blk (Moscow) - IDE HDD
driver that gives acceleration up to 1.65 times
on read/copy operations:

Tests:
1. Copying disk to disk (15 MB) using abc.com - 1.65 times
2. Checking the disk with a program bad: in 1.4
3. Loading the electronic disk image
1.3 times (7 seconds instead of 9)
4. Checksum check (9.7 MB)
by 13% (2'58" instead of 3'25")
5. Copying the directory (coca, 4286
blocks, 243 files) by 6.5%

Test version. Not supplied.

12.5.99: fileshow, arzt+ - Fixed
indication

15.5.99: trd_ram - /a key for automatic operation. Working in ISDOS Classic

15.5.99: ide+5.blk - Accelerated using Jason's method
. Almost as fast, but with
brakes and made from tested
predecessors.

SPEED CHARACTERISTICS OF DRIVERS:

Special tests:

0.1 16368 kB (16kB each) Linear READ TEST

ide+4 117" =140 kbps
ide+578" =210 kbps at 1.50 pаm
Jason 73" =224 kbps at 1.60 (above 6.5%)

0.2 16368 kB (16kB REPEAT) READ TEST

ide+4 107" =153 kbps
ide+5 68" =241 kbps at 1.57 kbps
Jason 66" =248 kbps at 1.62 (above 3%)
ed128 58" =282 kbps at 12%

0.3 10608kB Linear WRITE TEST

ide+4 101" =1 kbps
ide+5 52" =204 kbps at 1.94 ppm
Jason 45" =236 kbps at 2.24 (up 13.5%)
(ed128 282 kbps at 17%)

Also задачи:
1. bad.com 65520 blks (READ)

ide+4 138" =118 kbps
ide+5 99" =165 kbps (в 1.39 pаk)
Jason 99" =165 kbps
ed128 81" =202 kbps
floppy =14 kbps (kay.blk)

2. abc.com 7.8 MB (COPY)

ide+4 159" =50 kbps
ide+5 103" =77 kbps в 1.54
Jason 96" =83 kbps в 1.66 (price 7%)
floppy: 7 kbps

19.5.99: filecopy - /b Learn how to бy-
феpа. /a более не влияет на бyфеp.

20.5.99:from_trd and to_trdos - Support for
RAM disk (trdos device image on
electronic disk starting from the 512th
block). Load the trd file into 1MB RAM
with the trd_ram program, and then access
the from_trd and to_trdos programs directly
to the electronic disk!

21.5.99: trd_ram, ram_trd, tr_boot - Working in iSDOS-48 ("Classic"), checking
the presence of an RAM disk driver and
TRDOS RAM disk.

22.5.99: unicolor - A nasty bug was caught,
which even led to explosions with a small
cache size. Found and restored
an hlp file that was killed more than a year ago.
(But no one noticed!)

23.5.99: ide_tune - Without parameters, it
finds the installed IDE driver.
(files like mem_tune.bat are no longer needed). Hotkey <0>.

23.5.99: arzt+ - 11 letters in the disk name.
The VERIFY procedure has been accelerated (due to another
buffer of 256 bytes) from 25% on
an electronic disk or ide+5.blk to 7
times on long files.

25.5.99: from_msd - accelerated by 3.94 times,
to_msdos - by 1.38..1.75 times:
┌─────────────┬──────┬ ──────┬──────────┐
│ │360 kB│720 kB│ Effect │
├─────────────┼──────┼ ──────┼──────────┤
│to_msdos 94 │ │15'09"│ │
│to_msdos 95 │ 1'13"│ 3'07"│ 4.86 │
│to_msdos NEW │ 53"│1'47"│ 1.38-1.75│
│ IBM PC │ 24"│ 41"│ 2.2-2.6 │
├─────────────┼──────┼ ──────┼──────────┤
│from_msd 95 │ 2'50"│ 5'39"│ │
│from_msd NEW │ 43"│ 1'26"│ 3.94 │
│sv_msd │ 39"│ 1'13"│ 1.1-1.2 │
│ IBM PC │ 23"│ 40"│ 1.7-1.8 │
└─────────────┴──────┴─── ───┴──────────┘

29.5.99: arzt+ - Fixed: Found "lost blocks" outside the device
when the disk size is a multiple of 2048.

June 1999
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4.6.99: edit+.com, ed6+.ovr - 5-character-
number line. Indication of the number of segments of the file. ed+3.ovr - Automatic brake on
80 segments.

4.6.99: cache.com - Protection against
fool is installed, does not allow set the cache size to less than 6 blocks.

7.6.99 - iSDOS Chic-ZS. Special version of iSDOS Chic (iSDOS-256) for Scorpi-on ZS-256. INCOMPATIBLE with OLD
128th iSDOS programs. Citizens, be careful! DO NOT RUN-
128 programs
in this system (all copiers, isunzjr, Picasso,
Artstudio 2.0), released before 6.6.99!

┌──────────────────────────
│ ATTENTION! │
│ Until the end of the subscription to │
│ iSDOS Chic-ZS │
│most of the new copiers│
│ and iSDOS Chic-ZS itself │
│ WILL NOT be distributed! │
│ (See file Chic-ZS.txt) │

7.6.99: show.com - Indication "Classic"/
"Chic" "Profi/KAY/ZS"

7.6.99: zs1m.rom, kay3.rom, zs_3.rom,
filecopy, from_trd, to_trdos,
from_msd, to_msdos, copy, copy25
- iSDOS support Chic-ZS

8.6.99: from_trd, to_trdos - Caught
BUG(20.5.99): did not work with email. disk

11.6.99: tv.com - Added % indication.
Had to sacrifice a little rewind speed (on an electronic disk/hard drive
it decreased by 13..15 percent, on
a flop - no more than 1%).

11.6.99: edit+.com - Indication%. (The edit of the 1998 sample plays on
the electronic disk at about 8% during fast
fast forward.)

12.6.99: find.com - 11-letter drive name. Indication of the full path at the top of the screen a la arzt+. Adjustable sensitivity to letter size. Search in the current directory.

12.6.99: to_msdos - The side effect of the last acceleration has been eliminated (25.5.99, 1.38..1.75 times): when Overwrite, old unerased files remained.

13.6.99: fileshow - Fixed: with a low
cache (33000, Classic) on large
devices (16 MB, hard drive), the data buffer
ran into the cache. Printed
incorrect data about free and permanent disk space. (Consequences of 6-fold acceleration 8.5.98).
I didn’t notice it myself, because I don’t work in Classic with Chic, and there cache
sits at address 45766.

16.6.99: filecopy - Increased the path buffer
by steam byte.

17.6.99: trd_ram - Support for the new standard
firmware TRDOS D:9901, along
with the old one (D:9827). When working in Chic
requires a standard from 7.6.99
(put kay3.romis_dos.rom).
More developed menu + work in the command line with the key /b instead of tr_boot.

22.6.99: ide_tune: Key <1> - automatic installation of tracks E, F, G, B, H, A
with a constant step from C and D.

24.6.99: ch+2 - Indication of the full path a
la find. Indication of names of long files

26.6.99: image - "Don't kill" test both in automatic and manual mode.
Double check when writing to HDD.

27.6.99: netto - Up to 65535 directories and
files (was up to 255 and before 9999 resp.)

28.6.99: abc - Protection from fools. Working in
auto mode with the key /-.

30.6.99: create - Fool protection.
Option "Current Params": Parameters from
the current device (also with the
<0> key). Key <1> - Current size. devices from the IDE HDD driver.
Reducing the cache during operation (there should no longer be Error 130 in iSDOS
Classic when creating large devices).

July 1999
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4.7.99: ed0.ovr - Completed: requirement
of right scrolling in t64.typ mode to
reach the right edge of the window, and not at
the 40th character.

17.7.99: trd_ram - Fixed a small
error: on some trd-files, after loading them in AUTO BOOT mode, it would appear with the message "There is no RAM disk in memory"TRDOS".

24.7.99: Fixed a bug in the new (7.6.99)
ROM/RAM test in copiers (fileco-
py, from_trd, to_trdos, from_msd,
to_msdos, copy, copy25) to support
iSDOS Chic-ZS. Did not work in Classic.

August 1999
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6.8.99: ed7.ovr - Completed: requirement
of right scrolling in t64.typ mode on
reaching the right edge of the window, and not on
40th character.

7.8.99: ide_tune - Limiter for <1>
by "Tr".

7.8.99: trd_ram - Built-in "Stand by".

8.8.99: Created segment.res - the same as
contig.res, only vice versa Convenient
for Databases, with which and. shipped

10.8.99: abc.com - Protection against fools is even
more strengthened.

11.8.99: netto.com - Indication of the complete
path, and faster than the old, incomplete one.

15.8.99: find.com - Fixed function
"Skip cat" - works before exiting the current directory, and not before entering the next one. At the same time, it has been accelerated.

17.8.99: idenext8.blk - Modification of driver-
idenext0 version for the computer ZX-NEXT
((c)Slot, Moscow) for 8 devices.

17.8.99: ide_tune - Key /p for prohibiting
access to hard drive ports. Thus
you can configure the driver on any machine, without the risk of freezing or exploding.

17.8.99: ide+5sby - Fast IDE driver
for the Nemo controller with Stand By.

27.8.99: format - Option "Exist" Y/N" -
check whether the device exists or not.

8/27/99: abc, image - Fixed: disk name
in the line "Floppy ... exists".
Failure exit not in the shell, but in
the main window.

8/27/99: coca.com - Fixed the latest bug
modernization (12/31/96): when launching with the key, flush did not work,
which caused directories to be “lost” on the output device.

September 1999
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14.9.99: ch+2.com - Fixed error in in-
dictions.

20.9.99: format, doctor, msd_form, trdoc-
tor: Fixed explosions when loading from
a hard drive (the flop driver was not initialized).

21.9.99: tv - Fixed: return from <9>.

21.9.99: is_dos.sys - All characters allowed in
MSDOS are allowed in
file names: !@#$%&'()_{}^~-. Shorter by 2
bytes.

22.9.99: sv_trd: Fixed an error in setting up the flop driver at the output. Name
of the output file by disk name.

October 1999
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22.9.99: sv_image: Replacing a space in the name
of a disk with the character "_" in the name file.

10.10.99: mkdir.com/res - Extensions for
directories. (mkdir.res: +23 bytes.)

10/11/99: is_dos.sys - Extensions for directories are allowed. +38 bytes.
(Beta version)

10/11/99: shell.com - The road to 80 characters.
(+48 bytes in 2 channels)

10/11/99: rename.com - Extensions for ka-
talogs.

10/11/99: arzt+.com - Compliance with system changes from 9/21/99 and 10/11/99
/ !@%&'(){}~ and directory extensions /
(No indication yet, -21 bytes).

10/11/99: filecopy - Path to 92 characters.

10/13/99: find - Extensions for directories

10/13/99: is_dos.sys - A minor
indication bug was caught: An extra space was printed

10/14/99: new_cats - Not only does it replace
directory levels from the old format to
the new one, but also corrects those that have moved down
after move.

10/14/99: is_dos.sys - Strengthened protection against
explosions on broken directories.
Theoretically, it should print a panel of an open directory of any level,
and not explode, like iSDOS'96 and not a regret-
catch Error 223, like iSDOS'98.

10/14/99: arzt+ - Fool protection: ypo-
directory nesting level up to 32.
Indicationdirectory extensions.

10/15/99: ed1.ovr - A nasty bug was caught,
manifesting itself in the form of "!" in an empty
replacement line (Semyon Semyonich!... jr z
around POPa... What a passage!)

10.15.99: from_msd - BUG - The 0th
block of segmented files was not read.

10.15.99: unicolor - BUG - Error 170 when
calling with parameter

10/17/99: ed+5.ovr, calculat.com -
- DEC/HEX/OCT/BIN (+640 bytes)

10/17/99: ch+2.com - Directory extensions

10/17/99: scan.res - Directory extensions
(-4 bytes)

10/17/99: netto - Directory extensions

10/28/99: mkdir.res - BUG - the last character in the name was not cleared
.

10/28/99: coca - Directory extensions

11/28/99: ide_tune - Keys /A../H for setting up the configuration of devices in command mode. (For hdd > 96 Mb).

11/13/99: find, ch+2 - Indication error
of the current path.

11/14/99: from_trd - BUG - Disk A did not open
: after H:

11/14/99:contig.res - BUG - Extra POP.

14.11.99: ibm_is+, is_ibm+.com/.res -
Ppogpessa window. Pazmepom files of more than
255 blocks are also made by possibly-
sties unpeppy. (+195 bytes).

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