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Hi bit byters!

I just noticed in the introduction to issue 157 that ABBUC members were supposed to get BeWe-DOS 1.5 alongside the magazine (I missed this when it came out because I try to read the magazines in German when I receive them... caught it while catching up on the English translations over Christmas )

This got my attention because I use BeWe-DOS when SDX isn't available, but I haven't received any version of it in the post, nor can I find it in any of the download sections of the ABBUC site. The few references to version 1.5 that I can find on the Internet are incidental mentions in this forum, so was this an April fool's joke or have I missed something important?

Thanks, and apologies for my lack of German!

Hi Eyvind,

neither did you miss something, nor was it an April fool's joke.
Production just takes longer than intended.

Please be patient a little longer.

Aha! Thanks for the prompt reply. I'm in no hurry, so please take your time.

Hi,

according to the author and ABBUC, BeWe-DOS is and will be freely available.

Nevertheless does the author want to publish a version that is as bug-free and as complete as possible.

While "bug-free" seems to be achieved there is still something the author wants to include (recursion for SORTDIR).

Of course this will require more beta-testing

BeWe-DOS 1.5 will be available at a public Github repository.

Erhard

Hallo,
BW-DOS 1.5 was released:
https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS
Regards
Holger

Hallo,
Es gibt ein kleines Update für BW-DOS 1.5.
Bis bald
Holger

BW-DOS 1.5 09-04-2025

- new command CLS, DIRL, and VERS
- new implementation of command COMP, can now compares recursivly multiple files
- option /Q (quite) COMP,COPY,DEL,MOVE,SORTDIR
- command ED, support of function keys F1-F4
- DUMP/MDUMP option /A now uses '.' as substitute
- command IDEP2TD.SYS, better indicator character for read-only and SMEMLO installation
- command DUMP, consitent messages and use of EOL
- bug fix command DUMP, the command always terminated batch execution (not only in case of an error)
- consistent support of the BREAK key for long running commands

https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS

Hallo,
Es gibt ein kleines Update für BW-DOS 1.5.
Bis bald
Holger

BW-DOS 1.5 31-07-2025

New features
- DOSDRIVE now also changes DOS directory
- new DOSCONF command to change configuration in DOS files
- MAN now displays also short text of error numbers (MAN 128)
- recursive COPY of one directory (COPY /R D1:>FOO>BAR D3:>FOO2>)
- reduce MEMLO 1D50/1EEF (before 1D65/1EFE)
- error text rework

Bug fix
- date/time of file is now also updated if file was open for update (before date/time was only updated if file was open for write)
- robust resident programs CLOCK.SYS and RTIME8.SYS, this programs used indirect addressing with DOSVEC, so if DOSVEC was changed and one of this programs was installed then the system crashed

https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS