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- This file contains information about installing and/or upgrading ASM Edit.
-
- Please read it carefully before (YES, we mean BEFORE!) you start installing.
-
- ASM Edit
- ========
-
- Contents of this document
- =========================
-
- 0. What's new in this version
- 1. Disclaimer, etc.
- 2. Requirements
- 3. What is ASM Edit?
- 4. Installing your first ASM Edit
- 5. Upgrading
- 6. Contact the authors
-
-
- 0. What's new in this version
- -----------------------------
-
- After installing see the file WHATS.NEW for a complete revision history.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1.81 (17/07/96):
-
- added:
- - General : write errors to logfile
-
- improved:
- - Install program : Now asks before overwriting a file
- - Help : VESA functions & Troubleshooting topic added
- : some minor corrections (FRSTOR, SMSD, SETALC etc.)
- - Definitions : !MCMPL, !MNAME, !MPATH, !MNAEX, !MPANA, !WRDUC,
- !ASKUS added
- - ASM Box : prints the executed program w/ params to RESULT.ERR
-
- bugfix:
- - Options|Preferences &
- Debug|System Info : crash on CPU's without CPUID instruction (386/486)
- - Run|Tool : crashed if no edit window was open
- - Run|Program : erased program instead of executing it
- - Assembly/Link/Make : crashed if target was EXE
- - General : certain minor problems with OS/2 windowed mode
- : ASM Edit wouldn't start on systems w/o FPU
-
-
-
- 1. Disclaimer, etc.
- -------------------
-
- This software is provided "as is" and without warranties as to performance
- of merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied.
- Because of the various hardware and software environments in which this
- program may be used, no warranty of fittness for a particular purpose is
- offered. Use it entirely at your own risk!
-
- This program is shareware. You can test it and check its usefullness for
- you before you actually buy the software. The trial period is 30 days. If
- you continue using the program after this time period you have to register
- it. If you don't register you will use the program as an illegal copy.
-
- You will receive your personal registered version if you register ASM Edit.
- This version has some important advantages:
-
- - You will get the newest version including all actual tutorial files.
- - No shareware page is popping up every 10 minutes.
- - the standalone program ASM Help for help access only
- - Registration is done for all further versions.
- - You can get technical support and help.
- - A special offer to get additional tutorial files of further versions
- for a Post&Package fee.
-
- After installing see the file ORDER.TXT for becoming a registered user.
-
-
- 2. Requirements
- ---------------
-
- ASM Edit requires:
- - 80386
- - VGA
- - at least DOS 3.0
- - about 500 Kbyte free DOS memory
- - 2048 KByte free disk space to install
-
- Recommended:
- - 80486 DX-33
- - SVGA with VESA support
- - DOS 5.0
- - 1024 KByte free memory (XMS or EMS)
- - additional 4096 KByte free disk space for swap file
-
-
- 3. What is ASM Edit?
- --------------------
-
- ASM Edit is a DOS based easy-to-use IDE for all you assembler freaks out
- there.
-
- 4. Installing your first ASM Edit
- ---------------------------------
-
- If you install ASM Edit for the first time, simply start the INSTALL program
- and follow the directions. After installing, start ASM Edit and select
- 'Help - Tutorial. There you will find assistance in configuring ASM Edit as
- well as topics how to use ASM Edit.
-
- 5. Upgrading
- ------------
-
- * From v1.8:
-
- Save all files of v1.8 you modified (e.g. newcom.asm etc) and then simple
- install v1.81 over the old version.
-
- When you load a desktop from v1.8 a message box will appear saying your
- desktop is invalid. Choose "Ignore" and save your desktop with "Options|Save".
-
- * From v1.7 or v1.6:
-
- Install ASM Edit in a *different* path from your old version.
-
- Start your *old* ASM Edit and convert your desktop file(s):
-
- 1: Select 'Options - Load' and load the desired desktop file.
- 2: Use 'Options - Save to INI' to save it to a INI file.
- 3: If you want to convert more than one desktop file, please load them
- one after one and save them to different INI files.
- Note: You have to move the ASMEDIT.INI file by yourself. Use the DOS Shell
- or File|Open & File|Save for this.
- 4: Copy all the INI files into the path of the new ASM Edit. You can use
- the 'File - Open' and 'File - Save as' function in ASM Edit for that!
- 5: Then start the *new* ASM Edit and load a INI file via 'Options - Load
- from INI'. Check all options to be correct and save them to a desktop
- file. Repeat this for all INI files you created.
-
- Done.
-
- Warning:
-
- In the v1.8 or v1.81 ASM Edit: Don't load old desktop files (from v1.7 or
- v1.6) and choose 'Ignore' - This may crash your computer!
-
- 6. Contact the authors
- -----------------------
-
- snail mail: Olaf Krusche
- Sportlerweg 7
- 02692 Doberschau
- Germany
- e-mail: ok3@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de
- WWW: www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~ok3 (Homepage)
- www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~ok3/asmedit.html (ASM Edit)
-
- 17/07/96 Olaf Krusche, Tilo Elstner
-