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INFO.BTM Copyright 1994,95 by Matt Walters; all rights reserved.
Version: 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001ß0.0000001
This version was REALLY bad, the colors were messed up (real
dull and such). I only told about half as much info as I shoulda been.
But I told as much info as I REALLY needed. Oh yeah, it also was
FreeWare.
Version: 1.00ß0
This one was much better. I brightened the colors, but I still
wasn't telling enough info for the people I was letting use the
program... (BTW, this was originally started to give to people on my
BBS so that I could get info on their system).
Version: 1.00ß1
Jeez, I don't really remember this one too well, I added a lot
more variables. The problem of the prompt returning and overwriting
text was still there though :(
Version: 1.00ß2
Well, I made it so that the 2 windows in the corners were
positioning right. (That was just laziness on my part) I got the kink
out where the prompt would return and write over some of the info that
the program told you.
Version: 1.00ß3
Ok, here I just added a sorta cool little feature. I made the
bottom window look as though it scrolled down instead of letting the
screen scroll to put another window up. I changed it so that if DPMI
wasn't present, instead of putting a 0 there, it says "Not Present".
Looks a little classier I think...
Version: 1.00ß4
Hmmm, well, this was a minor bug fix. I wanted to spice it up a
little bit before I released it to my ßeta testers. I put a copyright
notice on it and some things like that. The whole thing is still
freeware as it doesn't do much of anything special, and I like to do it
so it's not hurting me to do it exactly. :)
Version: 1.01
First public release. Same as version 1.00ß4. Nothing was
added or taken away
Version: 1.05ß1
Back into ßeta testing. There were a few thing in 1.01 that
could have caused problems on certain set-ups. I also made it so that
there was NO way that there could be an error and you not know about it
(now I clear the screen and make it bright red on white and tell you as
much about the error as I can). Hopefully this one will be ok... :)
Version: 1.06ß1
I made it so that it can examine other drives from any drive.
(ie. You can now examine drive letter G from drive letter C).
Version: 1.07ß1
I finally added the thing that makes it so that unless this
program is run on a system with 4DOS version 5.5 or higher, the program
won't run.
Version: 2.00ß1
I created an algorithm that will detect and analyze all physical
and network drives on your system. Hopefully this one worx on network
drives. That part was hard as anything to make which is why I made this
one step up to 2.00ß1. Let's hope I can make this an official release!
:)
Version: 2.05ß1
This version was about as buggy as could be. I added CD-Rom
detection and misc. things. It also detects to see wether or not it is
a physical/netword drive. I also finally added the /NoPress parameter
so that you can run it with out having to press a key. I also made it
so that if you put /NoPress on the command-line, you could also specify,
as a second parameter, a numeric value, which sets how long it will
pause. If no value is given then it defaults to 5 seconds. Oh yeah, I
also added ready protection. If it tries to examine a disk that isn't
ready or isn't there, then it will simply report 'Drive <Drive letter>
not ready or not present'. That's all for this version!
Version: 2.06ß1
Fixed bugs from previous version. I added boot drive detection.
If it is a boot drive, you are now told so. I also added low space
detection. If there is less then 2 megabytes free on the drive being
examined then you are given a warning message.
Version: 2.5
Decided to stop releasing beta releases. Version were coming
out too quick. I added in key detection because this version was the
first shareware version.
Version: 3.00a
Took out key detection. Changed how things looked on the
screen. I basically made this one look 'spiffy'. The program has gone
to donationware. (Read the .DOC's if you wish to donate :)
Version: 3.00b
There was a slight bug with revision a. Fixed it's
auto-detecting of drives which was messed up in the 3.00a version.
Version: 3.00c
Added remote, network, or physical drive detection. Fixed a minor
bug.
Version: 3.01a
Improved speed dramatically. I stopped making the program
re-draw the screen every time it changed the bottom window. It now just
redraws that window which is MUCH faster.
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Note from the author
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I really like writing this program. It helps me out when I'm
trying to help other people out. It tells a great deal about their
system to me. I have NO plans of stopping the releases of this program.
I will update it as much as possible and could REALLY use any
suggestions as to what I could add to make the program better.
Later,
Matt Walters