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  2. /************************************************************************************************\
  3. **            LCDaemon    ©1995-1997 VOMIT,inc.                    **
  4. **************************************************************************************************
  5. **    N    :    New    **    F    :    Feature    **    B    :    Bugfix    **
  6. **************************************************************************************************
  7. **    Version 1    N    Basic implementation: parallel, Amigawin and PI/T B        **
  8. **    10-sep-95                                        **
  9. **                                                **
  10. **    Rev 1        N    ARexx port implemented                        **
  11. **    23-sep-95    F    Public port is removed when in shutdown, waiting for         **
  12. **                timerequests to complete. This should avoid unnecessary        **
  13. **                LCDERR_TOOBUSY replies: the applications will fail at        **
  14. **                the SafePutToPort() level.                    **
  15. **                                                **
  16. **    Rev 2        N    Arexx functions 'getcharacters'    and 'getlines' (beta)        **
  17. **    24-sep-95                                        **
  18. **                                                **
  19. **    Rev 3        B    Fixed string length bug in Arexx command parser that        **
  20. **    22-oct-95        caused weird system instability.                **
  21. **                                                **
  22. **    Rev 4        B    Fixed bug in replying to functions (rev 2)            **
  23. **    4-nov-95    N    Changed to GST files for speedy compilation            **
  24. **                                                **
  25. **    9-nov-95    N    Completed AmigaGuide documentation for "manual" Aminet        **
  26. **                upload at Kölner Messe.                        **
  27. **                                                **
  28. **    7-jan-96    F    Added support for CHARACTERS=20 (since I just finished        **
  29. **                a board using a 20-char 2-lines backlighting display I        **
  30. **                bought at the Kölner Messe)                    **
  31. **                Aminet upload (see 9-nov-95) has been posponed due to        **
  32. **                interest shown by Amiga Magazin.)                **
  33. **                                                **
  34. **    Rev 5        B    Fixed misunderstanding in DDRAM address mapping for        **
  35. **    14-jul-96        2-line displays when using GOTOXY                **
  36. **            N    Renewed screen update routine, necessary for            **
  37. **                programmable character support                    **
  38. **            F    Start of programmable charater support, requested        **
  39. **                by various people after the Amiga Shopper appearance        **
  40. **                and Aminet release                        **
  41. **                                                **
  42. **    Rev 6                                            **
  43. **    20-jul-96    N    Programmable character support is implemented through use of    **
  44. **                the LCD_ALLOCATEHANDLE interface.                **
  45. **                                                **
  46. **    Rev 7        N    Added a driver for the MFC II 's port 0. Driver specific    **
  47. **    1-sep-96        options are now configured using the "startup" field        **
  48. **            F    The window title of the lcd_ami driver can now be set using    **
  49. **                the startup field.                        **
  50. **    Rev 8        N    Support for displays with a width of 24 characters        **
  51. **    13-oct-96    N    Driver for the Multifacecard 3                    **
  52. **            B    Made a little more robust when echoing extremely long        **
  53. **                texts to the display. This is still not recommended, though!    **
  54. **                                                **
  55. **    Rev 9        N    Utilities/SysInfo is a Executive CPU monitor and SysMon clone    **
  56. **            N    TENDOTS switch (beta)                        **
  57. **            N    lcd-handler (beta)                        **
  58. **                                                **
  59. **    Version 2    N    Complete rewrite in C++ (MaxonC++ 4.0) using Object-oriented    **
  60. **    11-may-97        design.                                **
  61. **            N    Multi-controller display support, e.g. 4 lines. Involves an     **
  62. **                extension to the driver callback functions.            **
  63. **            F    Removed support for LCDIRECT commands. This would get way too    **
  64. **                complex for multi-controller LCDs and noone was using it anyway    **
  65. **                                                **
  66. **    Rev 1        F    Added selection of port driver in guppy.c            **
  67. **    23-sep-97    F    Added (beta) 4-line support for MFC3                **
  68. **                                                **
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