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 # micro-sparta-dos
 Sources for update and rewrite of Micro Sparta DOS by BW-SOFT
+
+Changelog:
+
+Micro-SpartaDOS (MSDOS.COM)
+ChangeLog (WHATSNEW.DOC)
+------------------------------------
+By Jiri Bernasek - BEWESOFT
+Continued by Pecus & Pirx
+------------------------------------
+
+MSDOS45.COM - Warsaw, 2010-06-12 
+              Post-release update.
+Bugs fixed:
+ * in rare circumstances of a
+   fragmented disk (specifically
+   when the gap between consecutive
+   sectors was between 128 and 254
+   secs, the loading failed)
+   Thanks to KMK for the bug report!
+   
+New features:
+ * MSDOS recognizes a special entry
+   in MSDOS.DAT configuration file.
+   For the special file
+   "*          " (it is asterisk
+   followed by 10 spaces)
+   the long name space is decoded
+   as a number of settings for 
+   a given directory.
+   Version 4.5 uses 4 hexadecimal
+   numbers. First three are values
+   of colors in this sequence:
+   letters, playground, frame
+   ($2c5, $2c6, $2c8).
+   Fourth turns off TURBO for the 
+   given directory when it equals
+   to "00".
+   
+   Example:
+   *          020E0A01
+   This entry does NOT turn off the
+   turbo, but sets colors like
+   POKE 709,2:POKE 710,14:POKE 712,10
+   
+   The configuration entry ("*" file)
+   should be the first one on the
+   list of files.
+   
+   Turbo is turned off after reading
+   the directory contents (directory
+   itself may read in turbo mode).
+   
+   Please note that MSDOS.DAT files
+   are fully compatible throught all
+   versions and we will strive to
+   retain this compatibility.
+  
+ * Support for all drives (1-15)
+   Keys [Ctrl]+[A] to [Ctrl]+[O]
+   select drives A: to O: 
+   (1-15, SpartDos style).
+   Old style (pressing keys [1]-[8]) 
+   work just like it used to.
+   Pressing keys [1]-[8] displays
+   drives AtariDOS style (D1:, D2:).
+   When letter keys are pressed,
+   display switches to A:, B:, etc.
+   style.
+   
+ * MSINI3 - a new version of the
+   long name editor now supporting
+   color schemes and turbo switch.
+   Few additional bugs fixed:
+     - crash on no Sparta
+     - bad rewert to edition
+     - some typos
+   Enjoy new color schemes including
+   Blues, Copper Plate and Bitter
+   Lemon.
+   Please note the avertised web page
+   is not active anymore :).
+   
+------------------------------------
+
+MSDOS43.COM - Warsaw, 2010-05-29
+			  
+  Version 4.3 of MSDOS is a serious
+rewrite, done primarily by Pecus.
+  It uses a novel approach to mapping
+index sectors.
+  Basically, index sectors are read 
+beforehand and the sector map is 
+compressed to, usually, just few 
+bytes - saving room that would be 
+normally occupied by the second 
+sector buffer. This is especially 
+important for quadruple (512 bytes) 
+sectors when two buffers would eat
+1KiB.
+  Version 4.3 contains only the most
+popular Happy / UltraSpeed routines. 
+  Holding [SHIFT] during booting 
+turns off HS I/O entirely.
+  This version detects BASIC and
+QMEG. With QMEG the High Speed I/O is
+turned off by the popular request as
+QMEG handles HS I/O by itself. 
+  After selecting the game to load
+the current MEMLO is shown on screen. 
+
+Other changes:
+ * Support for quadruple sectors
+   (512 bytes long). This is possible
+   in the latest SpartaDosX and
+   expands the avalilable partition
+   size to 32MiB. 
+ * MSDOS does not revert to D1: after
+   an error, but stays on the boot
+   drive.
+    
+------------------------------------
+
+MSDOS30.COM - Warsaw, 2005
+
+This version supports XF 551 drives 
+with HS, Happy Warp/US-Doubler
+drives with High Speed, and Speedy HS
+(only in US-Doubler mode).
+When the program is using Happy
+and US routines, MEMLO is $AFC.
+
+SIO2IDE interface is working great
+with this and later versions of
+MSDOS!
+
+------------------------------------
+
+MSDOS23.COM - Warsaw, 2001
+
+Pecus modified version with multi
+disc operation.
+Keys 1-8 - select working drive
+and read the main directory.
+        
+------------------------------------
+
+
+MSDOS22.COM - Prague, 93-05-03
+            original BEWESOFT version