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- VERSION 1.2
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- 1) The shareware screen displayed when MemTool is first loaded
- is smaller, and no longer requires a key to be pressed to
- resume.
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- 2) MemTool now allows the user to specify the "hot-key" to be used
- to invoke the program. The "hot-key" is specified when MemTool
- is first loaded. Refer to the file MANUAL.DOC for complete
- details.
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- 3) The Appointment Calendar has a much better appointment pad with
- "time slots" and a larger capacity. Some bugs and enhancements
- where made to the calendar, itself.
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- 4) The PhoneView option now allows Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn, to
- quickly jump to the start and end of your phone numbers.
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- 5) Note that pressing the "hot-key" once inside MemTool no longer
- terminates MemTool immediately. You must use the <ESC> key.
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- 6) The calculator can be moved around the screen. Just press the
- Num-Lock key to enable the key-pad arrows, and move the calculator
- to any position on the screen.
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- 7) The Alarm Clock sound, made when the alarm goes off, is no longer
- a continuous noise. It sounds for 3 seconds.
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- 8) Bug fixed which caused the system to lock-up if the user tried to
- run MemTool a second time, while using Disk-Swapping.
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- VERSION 2.0 (03/01/90)
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- 1) Main Menu was enlarged to fit the extra options.
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- 2) Screen Capture option added.
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- 3) Ruler/Grid option added.
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- 4) PhoneView option enlarged to hold 500 entries. Loads faster too.
- PhoneView columns are reversed so Name is first.
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- 5) Calculator had a bug where when you first used it, you could only
- enter 5 digits.
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- 6) MemTool's default "hot-key" has changed from Ctrl-Enter to Ctrl-Alt.
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- 7) Modifications to the Editor:
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- Search and Translate: Cut and Paste:
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- F1 - Search forward F7 - Line mark
- F2 - Search forward again F8 - Column mark
- F3 - Search backward Ins - Insert scrap
- F4 - Search backward again Del - Delete block
- F5 - Translate forward - - Delete to scrap
- F6 - Translate backward + - Copy to scrap
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- Ctrl -->, <-- allows you to jump to the next word and previous word.
- Ctrl-Home, End allow you to jump to the Top and Bottom of the screen.
- Alt-K - Delete to EOL
- Alt-F - Filename path
- Alt-O - Output filename
- Alt-C - Case toggle
- Alt-H - Help screen
- Alt-R - Restore session
- Alt-W - Write file/block (modified for block functions)
- Alt-P - Print file/block (modified for block functions)
- Alt-I - Toggle insert/replace mode (modified since Ins now
- copies marked block to scrap).
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- Various other bugs fixed.
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- 8) Alternate hot-key is no longer specified on the MT command line.
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- 9) The MemTool Setup option has been removed. It's not needed anymore.
- Setup is done through "switches" specified in the Autoexec.Bat file:
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- SET MTPATH= Is the path of where the MemTool files are stored.
- SET MTDS= Is the path of where DiskSwapping files are stored.
- SET MTFLAGS= Sets various MemTool options:
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- /D Use diskswapping.
- /I Ignore EMS memory if available.
- /Ncode If MemTool will be used on a network. "code" is
- a UNIQUE code that differentiates the users.
- /Hxxx,xxx,desc Use a hot-key other than the default (Ctrl-Alt).
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- Switches needed if default values are not acceptable. (see manual).
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- 10) Appearance of MemTool screens was slightly modified.
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- VERSION 2.01 (05/30/90)
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- 1) Bug fixed where "Disk-swapping" files (SR01, SR02, etc.) were not
- being automatically erased by the program.
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- VERSION 3.0 (09/01/91 current version)
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- 1) Option Switches used to setup how MemTool operates have been changed
- and some have been removed since version 2.x.
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- 2) Program modified to pop-up and restore graphics screens more reliably
- then before. Supports CGA/EGA/VGA screens. Will work on some Hercules
- graphics images.
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- 3) MemTool can only be loaded into memory once. If you try to load it a
- second time, the program will remind you that it is already loaded.
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- 4) It is no longer unsafe to invoke MemTool while DOS is busy. The program
- can be popped-up AT ANY TIME without adverse effects.
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- 5) Bug fixed where the program would pop-up unexpectedly when WordPerfect
- was run.
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- 6) Program now uses about 280K of RAM memory if Disk-swapping is not used,
- and EMS memory is not available. Otherwise, the program will use about
- 5K RAM.
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- 7) If poped-up over a mouse application, MemTool will now restore the mouse
- to it's original state after pop-down.
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- 8) The DOS Quick Guide was removed from the program due to lack of interest
- and to save RAM and disk space.
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- 9) The appearance of all windows was changed, un-needed wording was removed
- and basic color enhancements added.
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- 10) File Editor can load files up to 63K in byte size and up to 3000 lines
- in length.
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- 11) DiskView option was replaced by DOS Shell. DOS Shell allows you to view
- the contents of any directory on any drive. You can copy, delete, move,
- and rename files.
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- 12) PhoneView renamed Phone Dialer. Feature added to allow user to quick
- dial a phone number, if a modem is installed.
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- 13) Alarm Clock option was modified to allow to specify entire date, including
- the year, for the alarm date.
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- 14) The ASCII Table now displays characters 1 thru 31, and shows the HEX
- values of all the characters, and table can be printed.
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- 15) The Screen Ruler option had a few unwanted features removed. It now only
- displays a horizontal and verticle ruler.
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- 16) Print options were added to the Calendar, Phone Dialer, and ASCII Table
- to allow the printing of the data in these options. Supports network
- laser printers.
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- 17) Screen Saver feature option added. Specify number of seconds of keyboard
- inactivity it takes to blank the screen.
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