Category : Utilities for DOS and Windows Machines
Archive   : PKII-120.ZIP
Filename : UPDATE.LST

POWERKIT II UPDATES

FROM v1.12 to v1.20

1: Attached more CTRL codes to more keys, and added ALT codes to the numeric
keypad keys. These new codes may be activated/deactivated by ALT-ESC, 1/0,
\. The codes are the same as those produced by the AT/339 BIOS, or
Superkey (mostly).

2: Added a help screen to ANSI.MOD, accessed by ALT-ESC F1, detached by the
/j0 switch.

3: The default for the speedup factor is now 0 (no speedup), as it was found
to conflict with the Everex "step" series floppy disk controllers. Set
your own speedup factor with the /Sn (try n = 255) switch of PKII.MOD.

4: A plethora of minor tweaks and bug fixes.

FROM v1.10 to v1.12

1: Fixed problem LOAD.COM had with 80286/386 processors.

2: Added code and storage to KYBD.BUF for a warm boot routine, invoked by
SCROLL LOCK, F1, when PKII.MOD is loaded, its SCROLL LOCK key handler is
active, and KYBD.BUF's /W1 switch is set. Procedure preserves date and
time. The procedure is intended for Tandy 1000 users, plus those lacking a
clock/calendar chip.

3: PKII.MOD's screen blanking routine will now blank the screen border on
CGA's, EGA's, and VGA's. It will restore the border, if it has been set by
ANSI.MOD.

5: Added a utility, NEWHOTKY.COM, to change the hot key of any module.

FROM v1.06 TO v1.10

Aside from the inevitable bug fixes, the following have been changed:

1: PCONSOLE.DRV is no more. It has been split into KYBD.BUF and ANSI.MOD.
KYBD.BUF has the extended keystroke buffer, and the code for the view-port.
It remains in CONFIG.SYS, as the buffer must be in the first 65k. KYBD.BUF
need not be present for the PK II system to work. ANSI.MOD is the old Pow-
erConsole. It is now a module, so it can be loaded and unloaded at will
(but it MUST be loaded FIRST). It still appears to DOS as the "CON" device
driver. Bringing ANSI.MOD up, out of CONFIG.SYS, gives you a better
chance of getting the PK II package to co-exist with "problem" TSR's, be-
cause it lets you experiment with various orders of "stacking" the TSR's.

2: Pressing SCROLL LOCK (or HOLD), then ESC, will get you out of lockups (this
sometimes works when KEYPAD 5, ESC doesn't). PKII's SCROLL LOCK handler
must be active.

3: Several more ALT codes (for example ALT-' and ALT-.) have been added, to
"hang" MACROS on.

4: Several more non-ANSI ESCAPE sequences have been added.

ALT-ESC 10 m - Turns off cursor in graphics modes (the default).
ALT-ESC 11 m - Turns on cursor in graphics modes (much slower).
ALT-ESC 12 m - Turns off ANSI.MOD. It's still in memory, and the
MACROS, and most of its other features still work. How-
ever, DOS no longer recognizes it as the console driver
(hence, the screen updates are MUCH slower).
ALT-ESC 13 m - Turns ANSI.MOD back on.