BW-DOS 1.5?

[eyvind]

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!

[DjayBee]

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.

[eyvind]

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

[Erhard]

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

[Janzh]

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

[Janzh]

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