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- │ LOAD │
- │ Version 2.22.0 │
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- │ Copyright (c) 1991-1994 FM de Monasterio │
- │ Licensed Material. All rights reserved │
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- Version 2.22: *Major Code Update*
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- The program nows changes its code dynamically according to the type of CPU
- detected; the corresponding selfmodification is indicated in the program's
- header. A potential error in the installation of CLOCK$ drivers was fixed.
- Discontinued UNLOAD.EXE, as user feedback indicated a preference for using
- LOAD /U to unload drivers, and substituted it for UNLOAD.BAT, to save disk
- storage space. Added switch /Dn.nn to deceive DOS version requests to the
- version number specified by the user. Modified code to allow use of drive
- units reserved by a disk compression utility (but not in use at the time),
- if the user chooses so.
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- Version 2.21: *EMS Interface Bug Fix*
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- Corrected error that could vitiate one method to check for the presence of
- the EMS manager. Loading code was tightened.
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- Version 2.20: *Minor Changes*
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- Introduced changes in the processing of error messages, and the display of
- the Help panel, to speed up video output.
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- Version 2.10: *MS-DOS-5/6 Compatibility*
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- LOAD/UNLOAD are now fully compatible with MS-DOS and IBM PC-DOS versions 5
- (all revisions) and 6 (revision A) as well as other equipment manufacturer
- releases based on these MS-DOS versions; both programs remain incompatible
- with DR-DOS 5 and 6. A few small errors have been fixed and a few controls
- were added to handle ill-behaved device drivers.
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- Version 2.00: *Code Update/DOS-5 Error Fix*
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- Some trivial problems and small errors were fixed. Added check for DR-DOS
- 5.0 and 6.0, and avoided undocumented changes in revision B of MS-DOS 5.0.
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- Currently, character drivers can be LOADed/UNLOADed under MS-DOS version 2
- through 5, IBM PC-DOS version 2 through 5, COMPAQ DOS version 3 through 4.
- However, block device drivers can only be LOADed/UNLOADed under MS-DOS and
- IBM PC-DOS version 2 through 4 and COMPAQ DOS version 3.
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- Version 1.20: *UNLOAD*
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- Driver unloading services were introduced. Command-line loaded drivers can
- be unlinked from the DOS driver chain, and uninstalled from memory (either
- lower or upper conventional memory). Resident programs installed after the
- driver was loaded are uninstalled as well. See LOAD.DOC for more details.
- The companion utility UNLOAD provides the same unloading services as those
- of LOAD.
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- Version 1.15: *UMB Load Limit*
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- The self-loading into high memory has been improved for a faster processing
- when dealing with the XMS manager. The user can now request a minimum high-
- memory bound above which the program should load itself (if an upper-memory
- block is available above the limit). This helps to avoid high-memory areas
- that have slow memory access times. (The enclosed ancillary utility TIMEM.
- EXE can be used to measure access times. You should read TIMEM.DOC first.)
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- Version 1.10: *UMB Loading*
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- Added the capability of loading drivers in the upper range of conventional
- memory, i.e., memory between 640 KB (the upper limit of the RAM controlled
- by DOS) and 1,024 KB (the 1-MB upper limit of conventional memory), if an
- extended memory manager version XMS 2 or higher is already installed (e.g.
- HIMEM.SYS [Microsoft]). XMS-compatible services are also provided by 386-
- specific memory manager utilities (e.g. 386MAX.SYS [Qualitas], QEMM386.SYS
- [Quarterdeck]).
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- Version 1.00: *First Release*
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- First release of LOAD, a utility that permits the loading of device drivers
- (SYS or EXE files) from the DOS-prompt command line, without having to edit
- the CONFIG.SYS file or rebooting the system. Not all drivers can be loaded.
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