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                        dEStERM v3.01 rELEASE nOTES

   rELEASE NOTES FOR dEStERM V3.02
   ===============================
   cONTENTS:
   1. bUG FIXES SINCE V3.01
   2. aBOUT cmd PARTITIONS AND DIRECTORIES (MODIFIED)
   3. aBOUT vdc sETTINGS
   sEE REL-301 FOR THE PREVIOUS RELEASE NOTES
   bUG FIXES SINCE V3.01
   ---------------------
   - sAVING FILES NO LONGER CRASHES dEStERM (ESPECIALLY PREFS.SET)
   oNE SECTION OF THE dEStERM CODE BECAME A FEW BYTES TOO LARGE. tIIS
   CAUSED
   THE rs-232 ROUTINES TO OVERWRITE PART OF THE CODE THAT DEALT WITH
   SAVING
   FILES TO BE BROKEN. dEStERM EITHER CRASHED OR SAVED AN INVALID FILE.
   tHE OFFENDING CODE HAS BEEN STREAMLINED.
   aBOUT cmd PARTITIONS AND DIRECTORIES (MODIFIED)
   -----------------------------------------------
   nOTES:
   ======
   - cmd DEFINE PARTITION '0' AS THE 'CURRENTLY SELECTED' PARTITION.
   - cmd DEFINE A FILENAME WITH NO PATH INFORMATION AS BEING IN THE
   'CURRENTLY
   SELECTED' DIRECTORY.
   wHEO dEStERM FIRST LOADS ITS CONFIGURATION FILES, IT HAS NO NOTION OF
   THE
   DRIVE DESIGNATIONS ('COS IT HASN'T LOADED THEM YET). tHUS, IT RELIES
   ON THE
   FACT THAT THE 'CURRENT DRIVE' AND 'CURRENT DIRECTORY' ARE SET TO WHERE
   THE
   CONFIGURATION FILES CAN BE FOUND.
   tHE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION FOR ALL THE DRIVES also SETS THE PARTITION
   TO '0' -
   SINCE NO ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DRIVE LAYOUT WOULD BE WISE.
   aS SOON AS THE CONFIGURATION FILE HAS BEEN LOADED, ALL OF THE DRIVE
   DEFINITIONS
   COME INUO PLAY.
   iT IS ABSOLUTELY vital THAT THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DO IS TO FULLY
   CONFIGURE
   THE VARIOUS dEStERM DRIVES TO THE PROPER PARTITION AND PROPER PATH.
   tHEN SAVE
   THESE SETTINGS USING 'sAVE sETTINGS' IN THE 'uSER sETTINGS' MENU.
   tHE MOST COMMON PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED WHEN USING cmd
   DRIVES IS DUE
   TO THE FACT THAT THEY HADN'T PROPERLY SET THE PARTITION ON THE VARIOUS
   DRIVES
   THAT dEStERM SUPPLIES. fOR EXAMPLE:
   dRIVE a: (dEStERM dRIVE) 0:
   dRIVE b: (dOWNLOAD dRIVE) 2://DOWNLOADS/
   dRIVE c: (uPLOAD dRIVE) 3://UPLOADS/
   hERE, WHENEVER DRIVE b IS ACCESSED, PARTITION 2 WOULD BE MADE THE
   'CURRENT
   PARTITION'. wHEN DRIVE a IS ACCESSED, THE PARTITION AND DIRECTORY
   AREN'T
   CHANGED (0 IS THE CURRENT PARTITION, AND NO PATH). tHUS, ANY
   CONFIGURATION
   FILES SAVED BY dEStERM WILL BE PUT IN THE WRONG PLACE (AND ANY OF THE
   dEStERN MODULES WON'T BE FOUND). tO CORRECT THE SITUATION, a: SHOUBD
   BE
   DEFINED MORE FULLY:
   dRIVE a: (dEStERM dRIVE) 2://DESTERM/   iF YOU WISH TO PICK THE 'ROOT' DIRECTORY OF ANY PARTICULAR PARTITION,
   THEN
   IT SHOULD BE EXPLICITY SET WITH '//'.
   aBOUT vdc sETTINGS
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   dEStERM SUPPORTS 8 SCREEN LENGTHS: 23, 24, 25, 30, 48, 50, 52 AND 62
   LINES
   (PLUS TWO FOR THE STATUS AND RULER LINES). tHE cOMMODORE 128 USUALLY
   GENERATES 25 SCREEN LINES - THE EXTRA LINES USED BY dEStERM USE THE
   vdc CHIP
   IN A SLIGHTLY EXPANDED WAY. dIFFERENT MONITORS REACT DIFFERENTLY TO
   THE
   EXPANDED NUMBER OF LINES. aTUEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SUPPLY A SET OF
   PARAMETERS THAT WILL WORK WITH MOST MONITORS - BUT USERS WILL MOST
   LIKELY
   WANT TO ASDJUST THE PARAMETERS TO EXACTLY SUIT THEIR SYSTEM.
   tHERE ARE TWO WAYS TO ADJUST THE PICTURE: ADJUSTING THE MONITOR AND
   ADJUSTING
   THE vdc SETTINGS. a MIXTURE OF BOTH METHODS WILL PROBABLY WORK BEST.
   mOST MONITORS HAVE ADJUSTMENT POTS THAT ALLOW THE SCREEN LENGTH AND
   TOP OFFSET
   TO BE ADJUSTED. mINOR ADJUSTMENTS HERE ARE EASIEST. aDJUSTING THE
   SCREEN TO
   BE SLIGHTLY SMALLER AND HIGHER UP ON THE DISPLAY WILL ALLOW dEStERM TO
   DISPLAY ALL ITS LINES ON THE MONITOR (AND WILL MAKE ONLY A SMALL
   DIFFERENCE
   TO THE DISPLAY ON 'REGULAR' 25-LINE PROGRAMS).
   tHE SECOND METHOD IS TO ADJUST SOME OF THE TIMING VALUES THAT THE vdc
   SENDS.
   tHE setup PROGRAM SUPPLIED WITH dEStERM ALLOWS LIMITED MODIFICATION OF
   THE vdc
   SETTINGS. rUN THE setup PROGRAM AND PRESS 'v' TO EDIT THE vdc
   SETTINGS.
   tHE SETTINGS THAT RELATE TO SCREEN LENGTH ARE: vERT tOTAL, vEST tOTAL
   aDJUST
   AND vERT sYNC pOSITION. mODIFICATION OF THESE THREE VALUES SHOULD
   ALLOW MOST
   MONITORS TO DISPLAY MOST MODES.
   wHILE THE vdc EDITOR PROGRAM IS RUNNING, THE FOLLOWING KEYS HAVE THE
   FOLLOWING
   FUNCTIONS:
   1 - SWITCH TO 25 LINE MODE
   2 - SWITCH TO 26 LINE MODE
   3 - SWITCH TO 27 LINE MODE
   4 - SWITCH TO 32 LINE MODE (MOST MONITORS CAN'T HACK THIS MODE)
   5 - SWITCH TO 50 LINE MODE
   6 - SWITCH TO 52 LINE MODE
   7 - SWITCH TO 54 LINE MODE
   8 - SWITCH TO 64 LINE MODE (MOST MONITORS CAN'T HACK THIS MODE)
   r - rEVERSE THE SCREEN (ACTS AS A TOGGLE) USEFUL FOR FINDING LIMITS
   b - cHANGES TO THE NEXT BACKGROUND COLOUR
   - - dECREMENT THE CURRENT REGISTER VALUE
   + - iNCREMENT THE CURRENT REGISTER VALUE
   uP - pICK THE PREVIOUS REGISTER
   dOWN - pICK THE NEXT REGISTER
   l - lOAD THE prefs.set FROM DISK (USE THIS TO START-OVER)
   s - sAVE THE prefs.set TO DISK (USE THIS WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED EDITING)
   esc - rESET ALL REGISTERS TO THE VALUE THEY HAD BEFORE YOU STARTED
   MONKEYING
   q - eXIT THE vdc EDITOR SECTION OF THE PROGRAM.
   notes:
   1) tHIS PROGRAM CAN CAUSE THE vdc TO SEND FUNKY VALUES TO THE MONITOR.
   aDJUSTMENT IS NOT DIFFICULT, BUT BE CAREFUL - LEAVING THE MONITOR
   'CONFUSED'
   FOR TOO LONG MAY CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE.
   2) iF YOU GET INTO TROUBLE, THE esc KEY SHOULD GET YOU BACK TO A
   VIEWABLE MODE.
   3) yOU CAN ALSO PLAY WITH VARIOUS OTHER SETTINGS - YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
   GET
   A MORE PLEASING DISPLAY. jUST USE A LITTLE CAUTION.
   4) tHE c128 pROGRAMMERS rEFERENCE gUIDE IS A USEFUL BOOK FOR vdc
   EXPLORATION.

                  pAGE cONTENTS LAST UPDATED: 08-jUN-1998
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