/* Version 1.2h */
/* Dated 6-September-1991 */

New features with version 1.2 of DiscPassage
--------------------------------------------

. Memory Usage
  DiscPassage now uses virtual memory, so it will automatically take
  advantage of any expanded or extended memory on your system.  It is
  *very important* that you run the SETUP.EXE program provided with your
  floppy update.  In particular, the software depends on an environment
  variable, TMP, for its use of virtual memory.  This variable should be
  set to a *writable* location.  If you run DiscPassage from the dp.bat
  file (copied by SETUP to the root of your hard drive), you should not
  experience any problems.

  The SETUP.EXE program will now create the appropriate commands in
  dp.bat which set up the TMP environment string for proper execution.
  However, if you have no environment space left, you may need to set TMP
  yourself in your autoexec.bat, as follows:

	set TMP=c:\discpass

  with a writable location for the software to use during its operation
  (i.e. it cannot be set to the CD-ROM drive).

  If you want to increase the size of your environment space (the default
  size is 128 bytes for MS-DOS), you can add the following line to your
  config.sys file:

	shell = c:\command.com /e:1024 /p

  where c:\ is the location of command.com, and you wish to increase the
  environment size to 1024 bytes.

. Packed File Support
  DiscPassage now supports large numbers of files on disc, and allows for
  files to live in 'packages' for more efficient operation on MS-DOS.  This
  operation is completely transparent to the operation of the software.
  The benefit to you as a user is more efficient retrieval of files from
  CD-ROM, in cases where a large number of files is present on disc.

. Pioneer Audio Fix
  Forcing an alternate drive letter from the command-line, for multi-drive
  units such as the Pioneer 6-disc changer (DRM-600), would only play
  audio selections for subsequent discs (not the first selected, if it was
  not the first drive letter on the system).  Audio is now functional for
  all drive letters, even when the drive-override from command-line option
  is used.  You need to have version 1.03 or greater of the Pioneer driver.


New features/fixes for 1.2d
---------------------------
. Trident 1 Meg video card
  Support has been added for the newer Trident video cards with 1 Megabyte
  of video memory on board.


New features/fixes for 1.2e
---------------------------
. Text only operation
  There is now a -vtextonly commandline option to suppress all images.  This
  allows proper operation of EGA video cards, which may have had split text
  displays (the new SVGA detection was the culprit).  This switch can also
  be useful when running on a dual monitor system (say, both SVGA and MDA)
  when text-only operation is desired.  Use this option as follows:

	dp -vtextonly

  when starting up DiscPassage.


New features/fixes for 1.2f
---------------------------
. When printing very wide tables (more than 100 characters wide), sometimes
  the second page printed improperly.  This has been corrected.  Some medical
  CD-ROM's contained a few wide tables which manifested this problem.


New features/fixes for 1.2g
---------------------------
. Support has been added for 'The Family Doctor' CD-ROM.


New features/fixes for 1.2h
---------------------------
. A new video option has been added, which allows you to force text display
  to black and white.  This option was added primarily to support Braille
  users with EGA video.  This option will work in conjunction with other
  -v option switches.

  In particular, if you are a Braille user with EGA, you should use
  DiscPassage in the following manner:

		dp -vtextonly -vmono
  in order to view text properly on an EGA display, in black and white.
  This option may also be helpful for display on some laptops.

. Additional support for new Genoa SVGA BIOS releases has been added.
  Previous versions of DiscPassage only supported earlier versions of the
  BIOS.

. The video option -vmode13, which is available for standard VGA systems
  which do not support mode $13x (Video 7 with only 256K video memory, for
  example) was broken; this has been fixed.

. A new version of the installation program 'SETUP.EXE' allows installation
  to a subdirectory of your choice.


/* Version 1.2h */
