perm filename NEWS.OLD[MIX,SYS]1 blob
sn#020795 filedate 1972-03-28 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00100 *************************
00200 A few fixed bugs:
00300 1. Data Disk Displayed instruction now has a maximum offset of 63
00400 when symbolically giving an address.
00500 2. Entire Data Disk screen moved down a line so that EX TIME doesn't
00600 remain after execution.
00700 3. DISPLAY or D Button now does more reasonable things (of principle
00800 interest to those running from teletypes).
00900 4. SETPC nnn now works as advertised instead of killing the job.
01000 OLD NEWS IS ON NEWS.OLD[MIX,SYS]
01100 *************************
01200 New system up.
01300 FIXED BUGS:
01400 1. No more ILL MEM REF on obscure ENTi and ENNi cases
01500 2. No looping when examining locations with negative addresses
01600 FEATURES:
01700 1. PC given on error messages
01800 2. Next instruction symbolically displayed
01900 3. Optional halting on "non-fatal" errors. New buttons:
02000 ERRHALT and ERRGO
02100 4. "I/O to uninitiated device" error resets PC to address of
02200 instruction so that device can be opened and execution
02300 continued using "CONTINUE" button.
02400 5. Buttons which request a file name (MIXAL,MLD,READ,PUNCH,
02500 PRINT,TRACE) or a number (SETUP,SETPC,TK) will take
02600 this argument from the line containing the button
02700 name if it is there. (i.e., you can now say SETUP 100)
02800 OLD VERSION ON MIX.OLD[MIX,SYS]
02900 OLD NEWS ON NEWS.OLD[MIX,SYS]
03000 *************************
03100 As you will soon be able to tell, there is a new version of
03200 MIX up. Most notable feature is the Data Disk display routines.
03300 Now, if you are running from a DD, you get the same information
03400 that you get on a III, only in a more compact form. I strongly
03500 recommend that you use an update count (via the SETUP button) of
03600 0. There is a new button. <control><form feed> will cause the
03700 complete screen to be rewritten if you are on a DD. This can be
03800 useful if your DD screen goes away. If you encounter troubles,
03900 the old version is on MIX.OLD[MIX,SYS], and you may get it by
04000 saying RU MIX.OLD[MIX,SYS].
04100
04200 OLD NEWS IS ON NEWS.OLD[MIX,SYS]
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04400 Greetings MIX users,
04500 This news file is one of several new features and corrected
04600 bugs that have been keeping me (Dick Sweet) busy for the last few days.
04700 This is file NEWS.MIX[MIX,SYS] and is typed out (if it exists) whenever
04800 MIX is run. I will use it to keep you informed of corrections and
04900 additions, and you can perhaps use it to warn one another of bugs before
05000 I get a chance to correct them. Let's try to keep the size of this file
05100 down, but still keep one another informed.
05200 NEW FEATURES
05300 New buttons:
05400 NOEJECT Produce print files that will write over perforations.
05500 You can get them out by saying SPOOL <file>/B
05600 EJECT Get back to normal
05700 NEWS Type out this file again
05800
05900 FIXED BUGS
06000 MIX will now read SOS files for card data without screwing up and reading
06100 the line number of the first card of the second physical block (card
06200 19 usually for the crossword puzzle data)
06300 MIX will accept files on other people's areas for all files that it gives
06400 a prompt for. (Who says you can't use a preposition to end a sentence
06500 with?)
06600
06700 REPORT ANY AND ALL NEW BUGS TO DICK SWEET (RES)
06800 P.S. To avoid this message on future starts, type (↑O) (or <esc>O) followed
06900 by CR. However you should read it from time to time since it changes.