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* GX Kernel 3 Series Patches *
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(c) Copyright Genus Microprogramming, Inc. 1995
All Rights Reserved Worldwide
January 15, 1995
If you have any suggestions, questions, or problems, feel free to
contact us using the following methods:
Main (713) 870-0737
Sales & Info (800) 227-0918
Tech Support (713) 870-0557
FAX (713) 870-0288
BBS (713) 870-0601 (300 to 9600,N/8/1)
CompuServe GO GENUS
This information is also in your manual, under Contacting Genus.
Remember that for free technical support, upgrade pricing, and more,
you must REGISTER your product. The first question technical support
will ask you is for your serial number.
*******************************************************************
* *
* Your serial number is located on your disk envelope, and on a *
* set of stickers. Place one of the stickers on your Registration *
* Card and one on the Contacting Genus page in your manual. Place *
* the other sticker where you can remember where to look for it. *
* *
*******************************************************************
*******************************************************************
* *
* Note that the GX Kernel does NOT have a serial number, since it *
* comes with every GX Series toolkit. The serial number is for *
* the main product that you purchased. *
* *
*******************************************************************
The Genus Staff
*** 01/15/95 ****************************************************************
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A good idea
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We are constantly thinking of ways to improve our customer support.
Several suggestions have been made about making updates more readily
available. In the past, the only way to get an update would be to
request it from us at a $15 cost (which, by the way, barely covers
our costs on duplication of diskettes, packaging, shipping,
invoicing, etc).
Having thought about it for a long time, we decided to build patch
files for all of our toolkits. We are making these available for
download on our BBS and on CompuServe at no extra charge. This should
be good news for many of our customers.
If you do not have a modem, you can still request our sales department
to send you the patch disk for $15 plus shipping and handling.
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General information about the patches
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There is a batch files accompanying this read.me file:
UPDATE30.BAT
The UPDATE30.BAT file patches any Genus Toolkit after the release of
GX Kernel v3.00, which started shipping with PCX Programmer's Toolkit
v6.00, GIF Programmer's Toolkit v1.50, GX Printer v1.50, and GX Text
v3.00. GX Graphics v3.00 was shipped with GX Kernel v3.01.
The following list displays the packages this batch file will generate:
GX Kernel through v3.03
GX Effects through v3.01
GX Printer through v1.52
GX Text through v3.02
PCX Programmer's Toolkit through v6.01
GIF Programmer's Toolkit through v1.51
GX Graphics through v3.01
Remember that your serial number(s) do not change for a minor update.
So you keep the numbers that were originally shipped when you first
purchased the product.
As you may have noticed, we do not provide patches for major
upgrades. These are still available through our sales department.
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Do you have all the files?
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If you downloaded the patches, make sure you have all the files you
need. The naming convention is the first 2 letters of the package
(GX, TX, FX, PX, PR, GF, GR). The following 3 digits are the
patch's target version number. The last letter in the filename
(extension excluded) determines whether the patch is for source (S),
protected mode (P) or libraries (L). The filename extension should
always be .RTP. Keep in mind that the patches will only patch from
one version below the target version. This means that depending on
what version you have and which one you want to end up with, you
might or might not need more than one patch file.
So, if you want to patch the libraries GX Text v3.00 to v3.03, you
will need the following files:
TX301L.RTP
TX302L.RTP
TX303L.RTP
Whereas, if you want to patch the source for PCX Programmer's Toolkit
v6.00 to v6.01, you only need PCX601S.RTP.
Remember that you also need the .RTPatch PATCH.EXE from PocketSoft
v2.01. If you downloaded the patches, this utility can be downloaded
from our BBS or from the Genus forum on CompuServe.
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Patching the Genus libraries and source
---------------------------------------
If you type the name of the batch file (UPDATE30.BAT) with no
parameters, it will display the syntax you can use to patch your
libraries.
The patches were built from the original diskettes and we assumed the
default directory structure we have in the installation program.
We accepted all the defaults and we installed all the language
interfaces, example programs, include files, utilities, etc.
What this means is that you MUST reinstall the original package using
the default directory structure if you changed the directory
structure. In addition, if you did not install all language
interfaces, examples, etc, you will get warning messages from
PATCH.EXE for those missing files -- this is OK.
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Examples using UPDATE30.BAT
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If you want to patch the PCX Programmer's Toolkit source v6.00 to
v6.01, you would type the following:
UPDATE30 c:\genus PCX 6.00 6.01 S
If you want to patch the Text Toolkit real mode libraries v3.00 to
v3.01, you would type the following:
UPDATE30 c:\genus TX 3.00 3.01 L
If you want to patch the Printer Toolkit protected mode libraries
v1.50 to v1.51, you would type the following:
UPDATE30 c:\genus PR 1.50 1.51 P
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Summary
-------
[1] Install the package from the distribution disks using the default
directory structure in the installation program.
[2] Copy the patch.exe, RTP patch and batch files to the C:\GENUS
directory.
[3] Apply the patch using UPDATE30.BAT.
[4] Copy the new libraries, source files, examples programs to where you
normally keep your files and delete them from the patched C:\GENUS
directory.
[5] Delete the patch and batch files from C:\GENUS.
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Testing the new patched product
-------------------------------
The easiest way to confirm that the product was patched correctly
is to recompile, link and run the example programs. If you are not
successful in doing this, here are some suggestions you might want
to follow:
[1] Make sure that you do not have any extra copies of the libraries
or header files in your hard disk. If you do, delete the
duplicates.
[2] Update your environment variables, your directories options, or
your make files to reference the new files.
[3] If the above do not work. Try applying the patch again.
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Files
-----
The following is a list of the all the files you should have if you
are going to use UPDATE30.BAT and patch all the libraries:
PATCH .EXE
UPDATE30.BAT
GX301L .RTP
GX302L .RTP
GX303L .RTP
FX301L .RTP
TX301L .RTP
TX302L .RTP
PR151L .RTP
PR152L .RTP
PCX601L .RTP
GR301L .RTP
GIF151L .RTP
The following is a list of the all the files you should have if you
are going to use UPDATE30.BAT and patch all the source files:
PATCH .EXE
UPDATE30.BAT
GX301S .RTP
GX302S .RTP
GX303S .RTP
FX301S .RTP
TX301S .RTP
TX302S .RTP
PR151S .RTP
PR152S .RTP
PCX601S .RTP
GR301S .RTP
GIF151S .RTP
The following is a list of the all the files you should have if you
are going to use UPDATE30.BAT and patch all the protected mode files:
PATCH .EXE
UPDATE30.BAT
GX301P .RTP
GX302P .RTP
GX303P .RTP
FX301P .RTP
TX301P .RTP
TX302P .RTP
PR151P .RTP
PR152P .RTP
PCX601P .RTP
GR301P .RTP
GIF151P .RTP
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