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ConEd Revisions
4/08/90 - Initial release of CONfiguration EDitor Version 1.0
4/12/90 - Version 1.1 release.
Review Screen - If you were using a Mono monitor,
the Review Screen function F6 did not work properly.
After exiting from the Configuration Menu F3, and a
Review Screen was called, the screen which showed up
was NOT the DOS screen, but the Configuraton Menu
screen instead.
ESC Key - Pressing the ESC key no longer allows a user
to exit the program. To exit, a user must press either
the return or enter key, selecting the highlighted
configuration, or; by depressing F7 to exit ConEd.
Mouse Support - Mouse support has been added for the
convenience of those users who wish to use a mouse.
Video Support - CGA, MONO, and BIOS video support are now
included with the -c (CGA), -m (MONO), & -b (BIOS)
parameters on the command line.
4/29/90 Version 2.0 release.
Source Code Revision - Modified the source code to
eliminate temporary files created by ConEd.
Function Keys - Changed the function key assignment to
reflect what many users suggested would be an easier,
more 'universal' association. The 'F1' key is now the
HELP key; 'F2' is Review DOS screen; 'F3' is edit
AUTOEXEC.xxx; 'F4' is edit CONFIG.xxx; 'F5' is for the
ConEd configuration menu; 'F6' is the ConEd information
window; 'F7' reboots your computer; 'F8' permits the user
to view the current environment variables; and, 'F9' will
allow you to exit ConEd.
Command Line Boot - by using the '-s' option followed by
the extension you desire to boot, ConEd will allow you to
by-pass the menu screen, and re-boot the system with the
selected configuration. An example would be:
coned -slan
This would reboot your PC the the AUTOEXEC.LAN and
CONFIG.LAN files, from the command line, without going
through the ConEd menu.
Delay - added the '-d' option to the command line allowing
for a twenty (20) second delay/timeout prior to invoking
the current configuration. With this addition, a user
can invoke ConEd in this manner: 'coned -d', this would
start the current configuration 20 seconds after the
program loads and allow for such things as a BBS, which
may of had its power interrupted and then restored, to
automatically restart the BBS without human intervention.
File Creation - When in the configuration menu, and a user
creates a new configuration, two files are created for
ConEd. This will only happen if the files with the
extension you have chosen do NOT already exist in the
current directory. The first is "AUTOEXEC.xxx", and the
second is "CONFIG.xxx", where xxx is the extension you
assigned to a particular configuration description. The
AUTOEXEC contains the following:
echo off
cd\coned (or whatever your current directory is)
coned
cd\
PATH= (whatever your current path is)
prompt $p$g
The CONFIG file contains:
files = 20
buffers = 20
Additionally, your current CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT files
are copied into your ConEd directory with the extension
which you have assigned.
File Check - when selecting the current configuration,
ConEd compares the file length of the current AUTOEXEC.BAT
and CONFIG.SYS files with the AUTOEXEC.xxx and CONFIG.xxx
files to ensure they are the same file. If your AUTOEXEC
or CONFIG files have been modified, ConEd will present a
menu that will allow you to continue to exit, copy the
AUTOEXEC.xxx and/or CONFIG.xxx file to the boot directory,
or copy the boot directory AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS
to the ConEd directory with an extension that matches the
current configurations extension.