Paul,
It just keeps getting better and better. I can't wait for final release to
be done. I'll be ponying up my money as soon as it is...
At 11:18 AM 11/28/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm pleased to finally be able to release ATA Support 1.0b10. I know
>it's been more than a month ago that I release 1.0b9, and I apologize
>for being late.
>
>This version expires on December, 4th. However, after this date,
>you'll only have a warning every time you'll insert a card. ATA
>Support will remain fully functional.
>
>What's new?
>-----------
>
>* Finished the implementation of the Software Development Kit for
>developers to access ATA cards from their programs. Note: this isn't
>possible with the demo version. The SDK is documented in the
>developers section of the documentation.
>* The NetHopper bug (I wasn't able to install NetHopper package on my
>ATA card) is in fact that the NetHopper package on my hard drive was
>corrupted. I realized this when I tried to install it on one of my
>linear cards. This is a relief as this bug seemed very weird.
>* Fixed a bug in the initialization of the pool size when formatting
>(this lead, among other things, to weird used & total sizes)
>* Updates on the new format introduced with 1.0b9
>* Several optimizations (some are made possible because of the new
>format) which lead to a 10% speed increase (with 20 pages of cache of
>each kind - with this new format and these optimization, the role of
>the cache should be more important). Indeed, the Nick's Test It test
>takes 17.6 seconds on my Hitachi. FYI, it takes 9.7 seconds on my two
>third full 6 MB linear Intel Flash Value 100 card.
>* Fixed several bugs which occurred when there is no (recognized)
>partition on the card.
>* The expiration now only leads to a warning.
>
>Known bugs:
>-----------
>
>* Under some circumstances, the Newton is locked. This includes
>situations when the 3Com's driver is installed.
>* Some cards cannot be written to by the driver. This is why some
>users experienced problems when partitionning. This problem is well
>known and I've found how to fix it. Nevertheless, a general solution
>requires to change the format of the partition map. This isn't
>complete yet and hasn't been included.
>* The eMate problem which restarts when they're closed hasn't been fixed.
>* Several modifications have been made to the store management.
>However, the current release should be rather stable.
>
>Where to download it?
>---------------------
>
>Well, as usual, on my website.
>http://www.kallisys.com/newton/ata/
>
>You'll find the (partially written) documentation inline as well as
>in the archives. Please note that the log version isn't included this
>time.
>
>Paul
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