STUDENT AID - REVISION HISTORY =============================== Date of Vers Last Mod. Improvements/Fixes/History ---- --------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 0.1 16-Oct-88 Initial intuition based version, VERY LIMITED release, Filled with bugs. Never fully functional. Created mostly as a brainstorming aid for a later vers. 1.0 10-Dec-89 The Initial cli version. Programmed as a C Project for class. No option to delete files. Random crashes in print to file routine. 1.1 31-May-90 Revamped version 1.0 Released only to close friends. 1.2 01-Jan-91 Modified version 1.1 with option to delete. Rewrote Print & Scores Routines. System was still buggy (tests were too big!) Released for one-time magazine publication. 1.3 13-Jun-91 Total intuition based rewrite, why did I try this? Tried to rewrite file system for smaller tests. Stored for future ref.- never released to public. 1.4 28-Jan-92 Total Rewrite (Changed programming languages!) Full featured! Included all the ideas I never did before! Smaller test storage! (Incompatible with previous versions!) Reads Help from an (79X99 line max) ascii file! Added Quotes (for amusement) Added Save description as filenote ability. Added Various (5) Answer formats Added Configuration change options Added Print Individual Question/Answer ability. Added Why & Summary windows, and verbose/brief take option. Changed scores idea to Grades, optimized it. No SAVE Option! Released to public 1.5 28-Jan-92 Similar to Vers. 1.4, But with a working (& FAST) save. PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS ==================== o Transport to a faster programming language. o Speed up LOAD test operations. Currently string handling is being done at a snails pace. o Integrate the Intuition into it (replace the 'gadget emulation' with actual intuition gadgets) and add multitasking ability. o Remove dependancy of system commands (ie.. filenote, copy, and delete) As well as RAM: device/handler for processing. o Reduce required memory to less than 512K o Fix string inputs to take advantage of auto repeat, and possible edit commands (like delete to end of line, copy lines ...) o Fix Format to realign answer to new format, I avoided doing this because of a limitation in the compiler. o Remove some of the current limitations, some of which are currently: - Max questions per test = 50 - Max tests in test drawer = 100 (don't push it!) - Max lines in help file = 100 (80 characters per line max) ...