LOGO-L> MSWLogo 6.3 now with 3D solid capabilities is ready for download

[George Mills <mills@softronix.com>]

MSWLogo Version 6.3 for Micro-Soft Windows 3.x/9x/NT
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                                Contents
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Part    I) Kit Description/Location:
Part   II) New features/bugs fixed:
Part  III) Installation:
Part   IV) Standard features:
Part    V) Recommended usage:
Part   VI) Bugs / Missing features / Wish List:
Part  VII) Reporting bugs:
Part VIII) Sources:
Part   IX) Minimum System Requirements:
Part    X) Related Tools/Kits/Addons:

Part I) Kit Description/Location:

msw32b63.zip/.exe (32bit kit: Win32 95/NT)
msw32s63.zip/.exe (32bit kit: Win32s 3.1x (Win32s is not included))
msw16b63.zip/.exe (16bit kit: Win16 3.1x/NT/95))
msw16s63.zip/.exe (16bit kit: Win16 3.1x (286 only))
mswsrc63.zip      (source kit: most sites)
mswtut63.zip      (online video tutorial for beginners 3.5 MB compressed
V4.2)

          http://www.softronix.com/

You can also obtain an installation floppy by Postal Mail.
If you publish this information PLEASE include the URL above
and ALL the instructions.

Send a self-addressed (Post Paid) package to:

George Mills
33 Thoreau Road
Northboro MA 01532

The package MUST contain a 1.44 Formatted Floppy.
The package MUST contain postage to return it with.
The package MUST contain packaging to return it in.
The package MUST specify 16bit or 32bit or you'll get 16bit by default.

I do not supply UCBLOGO, please contact Brian Harvey
<bh@cs.berkeley.edu> or the Logo Foundation <michaelt@media.mit.edu>.

For a small handling fee you can avoid the requirements above by
contacting

Michael Tempel                    tel: 212 579 8028
Logo Foundation                   fax: 212 579 8013
250 West 85th Street              michaelt@media.mit.edu
New York  NY 10024

Part II) New features/bugs fixed:

   o Updated online help to reflect new commands and changes
     due to 6.2 patches.

   o Added Transparent GIF capabilities to GIFSAVE
     (this applies to GIFs and Animated GIFs).

   o Fixed all examples to ask user if he wishes to run the
     example or examine code (for Novice users).

   o Updated many of the examples and added several.

   o Fixed -l command line (which is also used by the Windows
     explorer when double clicking on .LGO files) to output
     error status.

   o Added 3D Solid Modeling capabilities.
     See POLYSTART, POLYEND, POLYVIEW, SETLIGHT and SETTURTLE -3.

   o Added optional parameter to OPENREAD, OPENAPPEND, OPENUPDATE,
     OPENWRITE to allow binary file processing.

   o Made Label PENERASE aware.

   o Fixed setlabelfont argument checking.

   o Now allow WINDOWCREATE and DIALOGCREATE to have negative
     coordinates.

These 6.2 Patches are also included in 6.3

   o Added for 6.2h, Fixed -l command line in combination with
     MAKE "STARTUP not being haltable.

   o Added for 6.2h, Fixed Printing problems with some printers.

     Normally Logo tries to choose the most colors it can use
     and uses the Minimum of your screen color depth and your
     printer color depth. Sometime printers incorrectly report
     their capabilities and you may not be getting optimal color
     depth. You can force the printing color depth by adding a line
     to LOGO.INI under the [LOGO] section call PrintColorDepth=n.
     Where n can be 1,4,8,16,24,32 BitsPerPixel (2 raised to n
     is the number of colors). Here is an examples forcing logo
     to always print using 256 color mode regardless of Video
     mode. LOGO.INI is usually located in C:\Windows.

     [LOGO]
     PrintColorDepth=8

   o Added for 6.2h, Fixed Problems with Zooming in and out.

   o Added for 6.2h, Fixed Default file extensions with new dialogs
     added in 6.2g.

   o Added for 6.2h, Fixed FILL command to work correctly in 8bit color
     mode (256 color mode).

   o Added for 6.2g, Fixed File Open and File Save Dialogs to use the
     Win95 Explorer look and feel. This also allows access to shortcuts
etc.
     This applies only to 32bit versions running on Win95 or NT 4.0

   o Added for 6.2g, Fixed all PO (Print Out) commands (POTS, POALL
etc.)
     to include the Dribble stream.

   o Added for 6.2g, Fixed SPRITE.LGO and 3DBITMAP.LGO examples to
reflect
     BITLOADSIZE command being renamed and changed in 6.2.

   o Added for 6.2g, Fixed CHECKBOXSET to take a true BOOLEAN rather
than
     an integer.

   o Added for 6.2f, Fixed PIXEL to return a color index like PENCOLOR
     in 6.2b.

   o Added for 6.2e, Fixed SETPIXEL to allow a color index like
SETPENCOLOR
     in 6.2b.

   o Added for 6.2d, Fixed DIALOGFILESAVE note taking given filename as
     the default.

   o Added for 6.2c, Fixed PORTOPEN/PORTCLOSE and friends to work
properly
     under Win95. Had formerly only tested these commands under Win32s.

   o Added for 6.2b, Finally something for the younger programmer.
     You can now use 16 color index OR [Red Green Blue] color vectors
with
     SETPENCOLOR (SETPC), SETSCREENCOLOR (SETSC) and SETFLOODCOLOR
(SETFC).
     SETPC 5 or SETPC [255 0 0] are both legal. PENCOLOR, SCREENCOLOR,
and
     FLOODCOLOR will also output the right thing. If you set any color
with
     an 16 color index MSWLogo will output all colors as a 16 color
index.
     If you set any color with an [Red Green Blue] color vector MSWLogo
will
     output all colors as [Red Green Blue] color vectors.

     show pencolor
     [0 0 0]
     setpencolor 5
     show pencolor
     5
     setpencolor [255 0 0]
     show pencolor
     [255 0 0]

   o Added for 6.2a, Fixed performance problem for when a WINDOWCREATE
or
     DIALOGCREATE exists. When controls such as BUTTONCREATE are in the
     graphics screen MSWLogo will uses a different method for drawing to
     make sure it does not draw on top of the controls. The speed
difference
     will vary depending on the speed of your graphics card. The problem
     here was MSWLogo mistook a WINDOWCREATE or DIALOGCREATE as a
control
     in the graphics screen and unnecessarily enabled the alternate
     (sometimes slower) drawing mode. If you want blazing speed keep
your
     controls in seperate windows.

Thanks to many folks for support MSWLogo.

Special thanks to:

Brian Harvey <bh@cs.berkeley.edu>
Jim Muller <jmul@cyberramp.net>
Erich Neuwirth <neuwirth@smc.univie.ac.at>
Yehuda Katz <yehuka@beitberl.ac.il>
 
Part III) Installation (for .ZIP kits):

1) Build a kit area on floppy or hard disk:

   C:\> format a: /u     or        C:\> mkdir logokit
   C:\> a:                         C:\> cd logokit

2) Unzip the kit to that area:

   C:\> pkunzip c:\msw16b63.zip

3) Install it:

   C:\> a:\setup   or       C:\> c:\logokit\setup

Part IV) Standard features:

   o Supports TCP/IP WinSock Networking.
   o Supports Win16, Win32 and Win32s.
   o Supports Text in all available fonts and sizes.
   o Supports 1024 independent Turtles.
   o Supports Bitmapped Turtles.
   o Supports Cut, Paste and stretching bitmaps.
   o Supports Clipboard Text and Bitmaps.
   o Supports MIDI devices.
   o Supports Direct I/O for Controlling External hardware.
   o Supports Serial and Parallel Port communications.
   o Supports Zooming.
   o Supports Tail recursion (optimizes most recursive functions).
   o Supports User error handling.
   o Supports "Standard" Logo parsing.
   o Supports Floodfill.
   o Supports Save and restore images in .BMP format files.
   o Supports 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 bits per pixels colors.
   o Supports standard Windows Hypertext Help.
   o Supports standard Windows Printing.
   o Supports separate library and work area.
   o Supports construction of Windows Dialog Boxes.
   o Supports Event Driven programming (Mouse, KeyBoard, Timer).
   o Supports MultiMedia Devices (.WAV sound files, CD-ROM control etc.)
   o Supports Event Timers allowing multiprocessing.
   o Supports 3D Perspective drawing (Wireframe and Solids).
   o Supports Animated GIF generation.

Part V) Recommended usage:

   o Ages 6 and up, from beginner (Forward 100, Right 90) to expert
     (develop professional looking Graphical User Interfaces). 

Part VI) Bugs / Missing features / Wish List:

   o SETCURSOR function is not supported.
   o DDE support
   o Functions to add menu's
   o INPORT/OUTPORT command (Hardware IO) is not supported on NT.
   o GOTO and TAG do not work.
   o Using a COPYDEF'd function within the same procedure that
     issued the COPYDEF does not work.

Part VII) Reporting bugs:

   Report bugs to George Mills:

   Internet: mills@softronix.com

Part VIII) Sources:
 
   Sources are available at some kit sites.

   The MswLogo sources are written using:

      Borland C++ 5.02 for windows (for .EXE)
      Borland Turbo 32bit Assembler (for 32bit .EXE)
      Microsoft Word 97 (for online help and DOC’s)
      InstallShield3 16bit (for 16bit kiting)
      InstallShield3 32bit (for 32bit kiting)
           
Part IX) Minimum System Requirements:

   16bit version

   286 with Minimum of 2meg running Windows 3.1 in Standard Mode.
   386 with Minimum of 4meg running Windows 3.1 in Enhanced Mode is
strongly
   recommended.

   32bit version

   386 with Minimum of 4meg running Windows 3.1 with Win32s 1.30a.
   486 with Minimum of 8meg running Windows 95 in is strongly
recommended.

Part X) Related Tools/Kits/Addons:

   Most of these should be available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.microsoft.com
   And many are available on MswLogo's www page.

   (The names of these vary)

   SPEAK.EXE   : Public domain from Microsoft (Allows PC speaker to play
.WAV)
   WHATHLP.ZIP : Public domain from Microsoft (Windows Help Authoring
Tools)
   WIN32S.ZIP  : Public domain from Microsoft (Allows Win32 apps on WIN
3.1)
   WFWGTCP.ZIP : Public domain from Microsoft (Allows TCP/IP networking
on WFWG 3.11)

   Modem       : Allows MSWLogo to connect to other MSWLogo's over the
Internet
   Voice Assist: Commercially available from Creative Labs (allows voice
control)
   Sound Card  : Commercially available from many venders, depending on
                 capabilities it allows MswLogo to do MIDI and Record /
                 Play of .WAV files

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George Mills (mills@softronix.com)
http://www.softronix.com/
The www page contains some very powerful educational software.
Our single most important investment is our kids.
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