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- * CATDISK REVISION HISTORY *
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- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.56
- ====================
-
- Added a /NW (no warning) option to the command line arguments.
- Specifying this option will cause CATDISK to supress the warning given
- when you attempt to catalog a diskette that is already in the current
- catalog.
-
- In the adding/updating file comments section, two more options have been added:
-
- 1) Repeat last entered comment
- 2) "Ditto" - Copy comment above.
-
- - these should make file comment entry easier for updating many files that are
- similar, or are from the same archive.
-
- Added a status area to the right of the headings during comment entry/update
- indicating when you are in edit mode to avoid confusion as to what keystrokes
- apply where.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.55
- ====================
-
- Added QUERY to arc toggle - you may now selectively expand archives/libraries
- on the disk being read, instead of all or nothing. As well, the default state
- of this toggle has been removed from the command line options to the
- configuration program.
-
- Removed the need to specify your printer type in the configuration.
-
- CATDISK will now generate the (Files + Statistics) and (Files + Comments)
- reports on 80 column printers without the need to specify. Keep in mind that
- you still need a 132 column format to print the (Files + Statistics + Comments)
- report.
-
- CATDISK now limits you to drive selections within the actual range of disk
- "drives" present on your computer when running under DOS 3.xx. For example,
- if you have two floppies present on your computer, and are running DOS 3.xx,
- CATDISK would now give you choices of drives A: and B: instead of drives A:
- to E: (Dos 3.xx always reports a minimum of 5 drives installed, even if you
- have only two).
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.54
- ====================
-
- Fixed a bug in which showing a summary report involving a disk containing zero
- length files only would abort ungracefully.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.53
- ====================
-
- Fixed a bug in which cataloguing a disk that contained a file whose name
- contained all blanks (ASCII 255's) caused CATDISK to go into a continuous loop
- when updating the catalog file.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.52
- ====================
-
- Added the ability to "read" command line options from the DOS environment area,
- thus eliminating the need to set up a batch file to call up CATDISK with your
- favourite configuration.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.51
- ====================
-
- Made the comment editing features more convenient to use. Initiating the edit
- of an existing comment will not cause the rest of the comment to disappear. In
- addition, more editing functions such as insert, delete, delete to end of line,
- and other functions have been added.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.50
- ====================
-
- CATDISK now supports the entry of a 30 character comment for each file in a
- catalog. The entry of such is totally at your option and may be done on the
- fly or at a time convenient to you after cataloguing.
-
- Support for up to two levels of sub-directories has been added.
-
- When cataloguing an un-labelled diskette, the writing of the label to that disk
- is now optional. This will facilitate the cataloguing of write-protected
- disks.
-
- Three more toggles have been added:
-
- 1) You may now turn off the pauses at the end of a catalog update, and the
- "Insert a disk for drive X: and hit any key when ready" prompt.
-
- 2) You may tell CATDISK that you wish to add/change file comments as they
- are being catalogued. The default is to do that later.
-
- 3) You may set the report type (statistics, comments, or both)
-
-
- Most options for toggles and settings have been moved to a sub-menu to keep the
- main menu un-cluttered.
-
- The command line options have been updated to allow you to specify the printer
- report format at program startup.
-
-
-
- ===========================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.29 - 3.45
- ===========================
-
- Alpha and Beta test versions leading up to the present version (3.50).
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.28
- ====================
-
- Fixed a bug that resulted in the number of files showing on the summary report
- getting "shifted" to the wrong disk entry when a disk volume was un-catalogued
- with option #5.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.27
- ====================
-
- Fixed a bug that occurred when re-cataloguing a diskette that had files deleted
- from it. CATDISK would abort with an I/O error 99.
-
- Made menu choices accessible in the traditional format as well as by using
- the cursor keys and <Return> to choose an option.
-
- Made the report location selection a menu like the rest.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.26
- ====================
-
- Indented the documentation to facilitate easy three hole punching.
-
- Fixed a minor bug in the configuration program that resulted in the printer
- set-up strings being displayed one line lower than they should be.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.25
- ====================
-
- The configuration program has been enhanced to allow you to set the maximum
- number of disks and files per catalog. There is no longer a need include
- two versions of CATDISK (the 16K and 32K versions), as the main program can
- now allocate the necessary workspace when it is started.
-
- Fixed a problem reading .ARC/.LBR files that are marked as read-only.
-
- Fixed a problem with CATDISK aborting with a run-time error F0 upon startup
- if you were using DOS 2.xx (from V3.24 only).
-
- If your disk becomes full when cataloguing or uncataloguing a diskette, CATDISK
- will no longer terminate ungracefully.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.24
- ====================
-
- The configuration program has been enhanced to provide a menu driven interface
- to the settable CATDISK defaults. The current settings in CATDISK are read
- and provided as defaults in the configuration process, thereby eliminating the
- need to answer EVERY question when configuring CATDISK... you need only change
- that which you WANT changed.
-
- The old restrictions on using the <F2> option "Temporarily Exit To DOS" no
- longer exist. You may use all extra memory for either the disk cache or for
- faster in memory sorting. Upon selection of <F2>, this extra memory will be
- freed for the DOS shell, and re-claimed upon returning to CATDISK.
-
- You may now set the directory in which CATDISK will create and scan for it's
- catalogues.
-
- You may place the overlay file "CATDISK.000" in the above mentioned directory,
- thus enabling CATDISK to be run from any directory, as long as DOS can find
- "CATDISK.COM" in it's search path. For example, you may have your catalog files
- and the overlay in a directory \CATDISK, and the CATDISK.COM file in your
- \UTILS directory. Even though you may be at the root directory of your hard
- disk, you may still just type "CATDISK [options]" and the program will find
- all the files it needs if you have it configured correctly. See the section
- on installation and configuration for details.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.23
- ====================
-
- Optimized the speed of the cataloguing and uncataloguing process through
- an advanced buffering technique. This technique cuts down on the amount
- of disk thrashing that occurs as the catalog is updated. The new procedures
- are about 75% faster than in previous versions (actual factor will vary on the
- type of drive being used - floppy diskette based systems will realize the
- greatest benefit).
-
- Made the archive directory extraction routines more efficient (and compact).
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.22
- ====================
-
- Further optimized the printer/disk handling routines.
-
- A bug that caused the program to bomb when a directory date past Dec 31, 2022
- was read on a diskette being catalogued. From now on, any files past that date
- will appear on Dec 31, 2022.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.21
- ====================
-
- Fixed a rarely occurring problem when cataloguing or reading the directory
- of the same drive on which CATDISK resides, where the current directory is
- not reset to that from which CATDISK was started.
-
- Version 3.21 now shows the free heap memory available for use in the sorting
- procedures that CATDISK employs.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.20
- ====================
-
- Added the capability to sort a complete report generated with option <0>
- by filename, Volume ID, or ARC/LBR ID.
-
- If you do NOT select the disk cacheing feature in the configuration program,
- you will be given the option to allocate any left-over memory for DOS usage
- when selecting the <F2> Temporarily Exit To DOS option, or for faster in-memory
- sorts (when generating complete reports or sorting directories).
-
- Optimized the printer-disk output routines.
-
- Fixed a small problem that resulted in nulls being added to report titles
- at the start of disk output report files.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.11
- ====================
-
- A slight shortcoming has been fixed in that volume labels created with Peter
- Norton's "Volabel" utility (which allow lower case characters in the volume
- label) will all be converted to upper case when these diskettes are catalogued.
- This will allow you to manipulate and uncatalogue these diskettes in the
- catalog.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.10
- ====================
-
- This version now supports the squashing method employed by Phil Katz's
- PKARC Fast! ARChive utility. Previous limitations regarding this utility
- no longer exist.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 3.00
- ====================
-
- Capability to read the directory information from files created with the
- Library Utility (LU) was added.
-
- An option to temporarily exit to DOS was now provided.
-
- The configuration program (CDISKCFG.COM) was enhanced to allow you to set the
- default startup catalog drive.
-
- A problem with corrupted dates in an ARChive file was fixed.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.20
- ====================
-
- Option #0: Show All Files: If you select screen output for this report, the
- time consuming catalog search for *.* is no longer carried out. CATDISK will
- just list the entire catalog.
-
- A new report was added. CATDISK now has the ability to list the directory
- of a diskette in the typical CATDISK report format. This will enable you to
- get a directory of a diskette without having to exit CATDISK or catalog the
- diskette. The ARC scanning feature functions as normal throughout the program.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.13
- ====================
-
- Continued optimization of the program.
-
- Altered the keyboard input routines in the configuration program (CDISKCFG.COM)
- to (hopefully) correct a problem with some machines locking up at the point of
- defining the number of lines per page.
-
- Also, removed the demo limitations from the BBS version of CATDISK. These
- limitations will no longer appear in the program. CATDISK is once again
- fully functional.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.12
- ====================
-
- Made the file search routines a little more compact... leaves room for a larger
- disk cache.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.11
- ====================
-
- Fixed one potential time-bomb found just after release of V2.10 (doesn't it
- always happen that way?!?).
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.10
- ====================
-
- New features in V2.10 included verification of re-cataloguing existing
- diskettes. Having two or more diskettes with the same volume id will cause
- one diskette's contents to overwrite the other one already in the catalog,
- possibly without you being aware of it. The system will now ask you if you
- wish to continue with the operation. You may now set the lines per page from
- the configuration program. Also, a minor bug has been rectified that will
- allow handling of invalid dates in an archive, as well as handling small
- packed files in an arvhive instead of ignoring them.
-
- The configuration program was enhanced to allow you to set the number of output
- lines (excluding titles) that CATDISK would print on a page.
-
- The printer reports are were all titled and dated, so you would know what you
- were looking at the day after it was printed.
-
- You may now control the printer in the way the reports are formatted by sending
- printer control codes upon report start up.
-
- If you re-label a catalogued diskette, CATDISK can now automatically update
- the catalog to reflect the new name.
-
- The diskette summary report was enhanced to show disk size, file space used,
- free space on the disk, the number of files on the disk, and a slack percentage
- (see manual for discussion).
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.02
- ====================
-
- Changes inplemented in V2.02 included the ability to catalog diskettes beyond
- the old limit of drive D:, and the rectification of a bug in the archive
- reading feature that resulted in small files that were simply stored in the
- .ARC file being skipped.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.01
- ====================
-
- Continued optimization of the program.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 2.00
- ====================
-
- Starting with this version, a scroll bar was been implemented in the screen
- reports to enable rapid movement through large reports.
-
- An external configuration program was provided to enable you to set defaults
- such as BIOS or DIRECT screen updates for either compatibility or speed.
-
- A serious bug that resulted in lost directories when labelling a diskette on
- single drive systems was rectified.
- (*** See the file README.1ST ***)
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.41
- ====================
-
- Starting with Version 1.41, sub-directories to ONE level deep are now
- supported.
-
- A bug that resulted in duplicate Volume ID entries in the summary and duplicate
- files in a catalog has been eliminated.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.40
- ====================
-
- Fixed another bug regarding duplicate Volume ID's (nobody's perfect!).
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.30
- ====================
-
- Added reports to list files by ARChive or by Volume.
-
- Added ability to send output to Screen, Printer, or Disk.
-
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.21
- ====================
-
- Optimized the disk cacheing routines.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.20
- ====================
-
- Added disk cacheing feature.
-
- Fixed a bug which resulted in files with an eight character name and no
- extension not being listed in any reports.
-
- ====================================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.11 to VERSION 1.14
- ====================================
-
- Maintenance versions (bug fixes and optimization of the program).
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.10
- ====================
-
- Added ARChive extraction feature.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.01
- ====================
-
- Maintenance release.
-
- ====================
- CATDISK VERSION 1.00
- ====================
-
- Initial release of CATDISK.