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- FastCD History
-
- 2.18: First official release: On Chip CD 1996 March. Special thanks to Bata
- László, the editor of the Chip CD-s for putting FastCD on it.
- 2.19: Memory allocation optimized.
- 2.20: Files stored in one package (FASTCD.PAK).
- 2.21: Parameter error correction added (1.00).
- 2.22: Pentium detection added to CPU detection routine.
- Slow and fast windings added (Left Shift and Right Shift).
- 2.23: Window drawing optimized and the default window and datas are put
- almost 5 times faster.
- 2.24: Long comments showing bug fixed.
- Left time is shown only once if it's the last track.
- 2.25: Volume control added.
- 2.26: Track timeline added (Alt+Ctrl+L).
- Play track again added (/AGAIN).
- 2.27: Drive selection added (Alt+Ctrl+D).
- Load/Save added to volume control (Alt+S and Alt+L).
- 2.28: EXE CRC checking added (1.00).
- 2.29: Playing status show after stopping playing (/STOP) bug fixed.
- 2.30: PAK CRC checking added (1.00).
- 2.31: Help divided into two pieces (General and FastCD help) and updated.
- 2.32: Help checked and corrected.
- 2.33: Debug prevention added.
- Some texts changed in EXE.
- Help checked and corrected (lots!).
- Ctrl+Break and Alt+Ctrl+Del switch off added.
- 2.34: SSD logo created and new about added.
- Play stop bug fixed.
- Mouse handling added.
- 2.35: Temporary help file from tempdir added (fcdhdrl.tmp)
- Help updated.
- 2.36: Function select window added (F).
- The flush function's key is changed to Alt+F instead of F.
- 2.37: Mouse handling in volume settings dialog enhanced (middle button -
- set both channels).
- Mouse handling bug fixed (while screen freshing is turned off).
- Studio header changed ("Studio 1.00").
- Fast search option added to help.
- 2.38: Function select window updated (two functions added).
- Mouse handling added to Playlist selection window.
- Refrain filenames (*.REF) are made from the title of the CD (instead of
- the previous random-string method).
- Pause bug fixed under Looptrack mode.
- 2.39: Texts in exe language corrected.
- Description of the "/TRACKLIST" parameter added to help (it had been
- missing).
- 2.40: Playlist selection window mouse bug fixed.
- Playlist selection window result returning bug fixed.
- Special mode selection window bug fixed (when ESC is pressed).
- Loop mode function's key is changed to Alt+L instead of Ctrl+L.
- 2.41: String truncation bug fixed at CD title list.
- 2.42: Compatibility bugfixes (bugs when working non-Panasonic CD-ROMS).
- UPC Code showing deleted (it's slow on some CD-ROM models).
- FPU type detection bug fixed ("Built-In" at Pentium instead of "80487").
- Old Pentiums with fdiv division bug are shown as "Pentium (old)".
- 2.43: Opening windows added on fast machines.
- Identifier is not written into listfile if no CD is inserted.
- CD information editing added (Ctrl+E or Func│Set CD Information) - it's
- also displayed when a new CD is inserted.
- Function select window updated (Show Extended Help and Set CD
- Information added).
- If a new data storage CD is inserted, "DS=" is written into listfile
- instead of "CD=" (which is written when an audio CD is inserted).
- 2.44: Memory dump advanced at runtime errors.
- Execution counting and time measuring added.
- Program information screen updated.
- Configuration screen updated (added parameters Window OpenMode and
- Stop Minus)
- Stop Minus bug fixed.
- 2.45: Playlist selection bug fixed (when ESC is pressed).
- Jump to previous track at commandline (/PREV) bug fixed (it did not
- jumped to the last track from the first)
- 2.46: Runtime code error messages updated.
- New CD data insertion to listfile added.
- It does not write the CD identifier to the listfile's end when a new
- CD is inserted (just calls up the CD-data-asking dialog).
- It does not call up CD-data-asking dialog again when ESC is pressed
- after it (then only the CD identifier is written to the listfile).
- Number of lines in "Full Help" is shown correctly at help index.
- Checking of the existence of FASTCD.CFG is added.
- 2.47: Emergency exit added (Alt+X or Ctrl+Q).
- MSCDEX installation check added.
- 2.48: Winding with mouse added.
- Benefit counting added.
- Playlist selection with mouse bugs fixed.
- 2.49: Playlist selection with mouse after shuffle mode bug fixed.
- Title added to Track Timeline.
- At Playlist mode init, if no playlist is specified in the listfile,
- then the playlist selection dialog is called up automatically.
- 2.50: HELP.EXE created for looking help easily.
- SETUP.EXE added for easy setup instead of the previous graphic-setup.
- Soundcard selection is added to setup.
- Language selection setup added (/LANG).
- 3.00: SoundBlaster detection bug in Setup fixed.
- SoundBlaster port detection in the program too (not only in the Setup),
- now it works with other port than 220h.
- Help displaying from functions menu is now working (also Alt+E).
- "Redraw screen under Windows" function disabled under Windows 95 (since
- it stores the high-res mode screen).
- 3.01: E-mail address corrected :-)
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