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- GoldED 2.42.G0214 GAMMA RELEASE
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- Welcome to this GAMMA release of GoldED!
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- This version is released as a so-called "gamma", as opposed to a beta
- or alpha. A gamma could be described as a kind of publicly available
- beta, except that it is expected to be relatively bug-free. This
- release is basically identical to the GoldED 2.41 for DOS release,
- except for various internal source code rewrites, rearrangements and
- various fixes to support 32-bit OS/2 and 16-bit/32-bit DOS protected
- mode C++ compilers. There are of course also some new features :-)
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- The gamma is available in three different versions: The regular DOS
- version, a DOS 32-bit protected mode version and an OS/2 version. The
- release archives are listed below. Read the GOLD_OS2.DOC and
- GOLD_P32.DOC documents about the differences between the regular DOS
- version and the two new ones.
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- The gamma executables are drop-in-able with your existing GoldED
- configuration. Well, actually I haven't tried it, but I can't think of
- any reason why it shouldn't work.
-
- Registration: As this is a public gamma and not a beta, no beta key or
- registration key is required to run the program. However, you still
- have to register GoldED if you use it beyond the evaluation period,
- just like the DOS version. If you have already registered the DOS
- version, you can upgrade your key for a small fee to make it work with
- the OS/2 version too. There is no upgrade fee for the DOS/P32 version
- if you are already registered for the standard DOS version. See the
- order forms for more details and pricing of the DOS and OS/2 versions.
-
- Some notes about the history and status of this release:
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- The 2.42 gamma series is a straightforward bugfix/feature-add update
- of the A0701 alpha version that "leaked", and is based on proven and
- tested code from a time before I started work on JAM and Goldbase
- support and the really big code rewrites. I won't go into details
- about how or why the alpha got out, let's just say that it's a good
- thing it was as bugfree as it was.
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- Contrary to the alpha, this gamma is fully supported. Should there be
- any serious bugs, I will, if possible, release bugfix patches fast.
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- I hope you like these new gamma releases!
-
- Odinn Sorensen
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- Release archives (EXE files):
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- GEDG0214.ZIP GoldED 2.42.G0214 for DOS.
- GEOG0214.ZIP GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 for OS/2 (32-bit).
- GEXG0214.ZIP GoldED/P32 2.42.G0214 for DOS (32-bit prot.mode).
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- Other release archives:
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- GDOC0214.ZIP GoldED 2.42.G0214, docs and advanced cfg.
- D4GW_195.ZIP DOS/4GW Protected Mode Run-Time for GoldED/P32.
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- Files in the GoldED for DOS archive:
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- GOLDED.EXE GoldED for DOS.
- GOLDNODE.EXE GoldNODE for DOS.
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- Files in the GoldED/P32 archive:
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- GEDP32.EXE GoldED for DOS (32-bit protected mode).
- GNP32.EXE GoldNODE for DOS (32-bit protected mode).
- GOLD_P32.DOC Information about the GoldED/P32 version.
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- Files in the OS/2 version archive:
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- GED2.EXE GoldED for OS/2 (32-bit).
- GN2.EXE GoldNODE for OS/2 (32-bit).
- GED2.ICO Icon for GoldED/2.
- GOLD_OS2.DOC Information about the OS/2 version.
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- Additional files in all EXE file archives:
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- README.DOC The file you are reading.
- INSTALL.DOC Info about installing GoldED.
- NEWS0214.DOC Brief list of news/changes/fixes in this release.
- NOTE0214.DOC Detailed technical notes for this release.
- ORDER_XX.DOC International orderform.
- ORDER_DK.DOC Danish orderform.
- REGSITES.DOC Latest list of the GoldED Registration Sites.
- SHAREWRE.DOC GoldED shareware definition and disclaimer.
- GOLD_JAM.DOC Information about the JAM implementation.
- GOLD_PGP.DOC Information about how to use PGP with GoldED.
- FILE_ID.DIZ Long description for FILES.BBS.
- SIMPLE.ZIP Simple cfg files for first-time users.
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- SIMPLE.ZIP contains:
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- GOLDED.CFG Simple configuration file.
- GOLDED.TPL Standard message template.
- GOLDHELP.CFG Online help file.
- GOLDKEYS.CFG Standard keyboard layout.
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- Files in the docs and advanced cfg archive:
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- GOLDED.DOC The GoldED manual (2.40).
- ADDN_241.DOC Manual addendum for 2.41.
- ADDN_242.DOC Manual addendum for 2.42 gammas.
- NOTE_241.DOC Technical notes from 2.40 to 2.41.
- FILE_ID.DIZ Long description for FILES.BBS.
- ADVANCED.ZIP Advanced configuration examples.
- CHARSETS.ZIP Character translation files.
- COLORSET.ZIP Collection of color setups.
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- ADVANCED.ZIP contains:
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- RUNGOLD.BAT Example batchfile for running GoldED.
- ADVANCED.CFG Advanced version of GOLDED.CFG.
- GEDLNGDK.CFG Danish "LoadLanguage" file.
- GEDLNGUS.CFG English "LoadLanguage" file.
- GOLDAREA.CFG Area setup file (use with ADVANCED.CFG).
- GOLDLANG.CFG English language setup.
- GOLDRAND.CFG Random System setup.
- GOLDED.CFM Confirmation receipt template.
- DANSK.TPL Danish message template.
- INTER.TPL International message template.
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- CHARSETS.ZIP contains:
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- *.CHS Charset translation files.
- *.ESC Escape translation files.
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- COLORSET.ZIP contains:
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- GEDCOLxx.CFG Example color setups (INCLUDE in GOLDED.CFG).
- GEDMONxx.CFG Example mono setups (INCLUDE in GOLDED.CFG).
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- Files in the DOS4/GW archive:
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- DOS4GW.EXE DOS Extender Protected Mode Run-Time.
- DOS4GW.DOC Configuration guide for the DOS extender.
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