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- SIO Version 2 Beta, READ.ME
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- This is a beta test release of SIO version 2. Beta release means (to
- me) that this is a work in progress. There is code yet to be added
- and some code already added has not been tested.
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- The purpose of this software release is to find design and coding
- problems before an actual release occurs. As stated above, this is a
- work in progress. This means bugs may not be corrected until the
- appropriate portion of the code is revisited. In other words, some
- time may pass before a reported bug is examined and or corrected.
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- If you are not technically inclined, you should probably wait for an
- actual (non beta) release of these drivers. No user support will be
- provided for beta test versions of the drivers.
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- PLEASE SEND ALL comments to sio2k@gwinn.com or post comments in
- section 4 of OS2BVEN on CompuServe (the SIO support forum). Please do
- not get upset if I do not respond. Your help in testing the beta is
- appreciated, but messages simply saying I received a message takes a
- lot of time when one is receiving hundreds of messages a day.
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- Version 2 of SIO has major design and philosophical changes differing
- from any previous OS/2 serial drivers. SEE DESIGN.TXT
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- There is no install program. You will have to install/remove the
- drivers manually. See INSTALL.TXT
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- Please do not send messages asking for release dates, pricing, etc. I
- have made few decisions about these things, and answering all the
- messages cuts into my development time.
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- Registered SIO version 1 users, with serial numbers whose last five
- digits are 25400 or above, will receive free upgrades to SIO version
- 2.
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- As I mentioned above, the price of SIO version 2 is not yet set, but
- the price will be MORE than the minimum $25.00 price of the version 1
- drivers. Therefore, one can save money by registering, or re-
- registering SIO Version 1 now, and using the free upgrade to obtain a
- registered SIO Version 2. Due to hackers of the SIO version 1 code,
- my cash flow from version 1 is very little. You can help by pre-
- registering version 2. You can register version 1 (amounting to a
- pre-registering of version 2) at www.gwinn.com. See ORDER.TXT in the
- SIO version 1 distribution zip for information on ways to register
- other than www.gwinn.com. POSTAL MONEY ORDERS work very well for
- payment by foreign purchasers.
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- Missing things:
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- 1 - There is no PMLM yet.
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- 2 - There is no SU type utility yet.
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- Untested things:
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- 1 - Code for the FOSSIL API is included, but has not been tested.
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- 2 - The virtual driver vsio2k.sys has not been tested thoroughly.
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