[GEM Development] OpenGEM Release 3 developments

[Shane M. Coughlan]

Hello all.

The first BETA of OpenGEM Release 3 should be out tomorrow evening (GMT).

So far it features the following improvements over OpenGEM 2.2.0

OpenGEM Release 3 - 10th August 2004
              * Added SHUTDOWN.COM to GEMAPPS\GEMSYS to allow new
                options to reboot and shutdown the computer while
                using OpenGEM
              * Added code to GEM.BAT in C:\ to allow 'shutdown'
                options when exiting OpenGEM
              * Added PRINTER.BAT to GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP to
                allow SETUP.BAT to change printer drivers
              * Updated SETUP.BAT in C:\ and GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP
                to allow changes to printer drivers
              * Redesigned INSTALL.BAT (by Chris Evans) to tidy the
                install process
              * Replaced missing copy of SETUP.BAT in C:\
                (in OpenGEM 2.2.0 it was accidentally only located
                in GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP)
              * Updated SETUP.BAT to reflect the removal of multiple
                desktop options
              * Updated GEMWEB.APP in GEMAPPS\GEMSYS to newer debugged
                version
              * Updated GET.EXE  in GEMAPPS\GEMSYS to newer debugged
                version
              * Updated DESKTOP.INF in GEMAPPS\GEMSYS to remove
                references to old applications and disk drives
              * Renamed GEMSETUP.TXT in GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP\PRINTERS
                to PRINTER.TXT to make its purpose clearer
              * Renamed LISTOF~1.TXT in GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP\VIDEO
                to VIDEO.TXT to make its purpose clearer
              * Removal of GEMAPP\GEMSYS\SETUP\DESKTOPS folder and
                all contents to transition OpenGEM to only using
                John Elliott's FreeGEM Desktop
              * Removal of OFFICE.ACC from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS to free
                memory for GEM applications
              * Removal of DESKTOP.BAT from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP as file
                was no longer used
              * Removal of GDOSINST.EXE from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of UMBPCI.SYS from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of TESTGEM.APP from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of GEMLOGIN.EXE from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of ADDUSERS.EXE from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of LOGIN.EXE from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of GEMPREP.EXE from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of GEMPREP.BAT from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of HIGEM.ASM from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of LHGEM.ASM from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS as file was
                not used
              * Removal of BANNER.COM from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP\PRINTERS
                as file was not used
              * Removal of BLACKOUT.EXE from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP\PRINTERS
                as file was not used
              * Removal of GIF2RAW.COM from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\SETUP\PRINTERS
                as file was not used
              * Removal of DESKTOP.H from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS
              * Removal of DESKOSIF.AS from GEMAPPS\GEMSYS
              * Removal of MASTMIND.GIF from GEMAPPS

I have already posted about OpenGEM Release 3 to both GEM-DEV and
GEM-ANNOUNCE mailing lists, but for some reason the post has not appeared
yet (after three days).

Best regards

Shane