Turbo ST 1.8

Turbo ST Copyright 1988-90
SofTrek Version 1.84 December 11, 1990

Many of you have now been E-mailed version 1.84 of Turbo ST. This is what will be shipped tomorrow, so if you find any problems, please give me a call at (407) 657-4611 “anytime” in the next 24 hours. The problem that Lloyd Pulley reported in the 1.83 beta test version was fixed (thanks for checking for it so promptly Lloyd!).

For those of you that have already paid $5 to update to version 1.8 of Turbo ST, you can get the latest 1.84 maintenance update of Turbo ST free of charge by E-mail, provided you are a registered user. Simply send your request along with your Turbo ST disk serial number to W.BUCKHOLDT on GEnie. This offer will expire on December 20, 1990. the “readme” file for version 1.84 follows, so that you can decide if it’s worth your time to get it.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Turbo ST will now run on STs equipped with 68010, 68020, or 68030 CPUs.
• The output of non-byte aligned text is now much faster in color and slightly faster in monochrome.
• To reduce memory requirements, the auto folder versions of Turbo ST now release the memory that is used by the installation code back to the system.

CORRECTIONS

• The HiSoft editors that allow you to use the 8x8 or 6x6 fonts in monochrome will now scroll properly with Turbo ST installed.
• The “Thunder!” spelling checker is now completely compatible with Turbo ST.
• The code to speed up WordPerfect and Dyna Cadd, that was accidently left out of the version 1.82 monochrome desk accessory dated July 4, 1990, has now been included.
• Other internal changes were made to improve maintainability and to reduce the possibility of any error.

Wayne at SofTrek