Complete list of MegaDots releases

Each copy of MegaDots has a file called "bugfixes.meg" which is a list of recent improvements and known bugs that have been fixed.

This list is an attempt to list all the various editions that were ever issued. Some editions had serious bugs, and were quickly replaced. Since Duxbury Systems took on the MegaDots product line, there has been much more emphasis on testing and quality control.

Floppy Disk Editions

VersionDateComment
.706/01/1992Pre-release software, limited distribution
1.008/07/1992The first official release of MegaDots, not really functional
1.009/04/1992
1.009/30/1992
1.010/02/1992
1.111/02/1992first edition of 1.1
1.1v12/15/1992the v in the version designation was for better voice support
1.1v01/28/1993
1.202/18/1993beta of 1.2
1.204/20/1993first version 1.2, handles larger files
1.206/29/1993
1.310/29/1993version 1.3 added the spell checker and cleaner voicing to more screen readers
spell11/15/1993spell checker for MegaDots
11/26/1993buggy: sometimes duplicated characters on printing
12/03/1993buggy: still more output problems
1.3c01/18/1994problems with save or export after a search
1.3c01/25/1994buggy: bad translator (debugging code left in production disks)
1.3d02/04/1994This edition fixed a series of bugs
1.3d03/25/1994
1.411/02/1994first disk needing serialization; user interface made much more flexible
1.4a12/08/1994
1.4a12/16/1994
1.4b01/06/1995
1.4b02/17/1994
spell03/02/1995spell checker disk for MegaDots
spell06/05/1995spell checker disk for MegaDots
1.506/12/1995version 1.5 can be thought of as "version 1.4 with major bugs removed"
1.5a08/11/1995
1.5b11/17/1995
1.5b03/01/1996
1.5b07/12/1996label says 06/19/96
1.5c08/09/1996first 1.5c
1.5c08/09/1996
1.5c09/30/1996fix to restore OCR-fix spell checker
1.5c10/07/1996
1.5c11/27/1996
1.5c12/17/1996
1.5d01/06/1997first 1.5d
1.5d04/08/1997
1.5d04/22/1997
1.5d06/17/1997The true version of the RNIB transcriber edition
1.5d11/09/1997The date printed on the labels for the RNIB transcriber edition
1.610/01/1997Added Named Bookmarks and various safety features, support for MegaMath
math10/17/1997pre-release (version .99) of MegaMath
1.601/02/1998
1.603/22/1998
1.604/22/1998buggy: combined 1.6 and 2.0 elements; virtually useless
math04/24/1998bad MegaMath module for 1.6
math05/21/1998good MegaMath module for 1.6
1.605/22/1998
2.005/27/1998first version 2.0, used 32-bit coding, add-ons were integrated into the main package
2.007/24/1998mass update, label said 05/22/98; but software mailed was 7/24/98
2.010/19/1998
2.0111/20/1998This update requires version 2 already installed
2.0201/13/1999buggy: contains a bad import of Word
2.0202/10/1999This update requires version 2 already installed
2.0203/16/1999This update requires version 2 already installed; released on web only; disk says 2.02, but web site called it 2.03
2.0406/08/1999first MegaDots distributed by Duxbury Systems
2.0411/16/1999improved disk 3 of 6/8/99 distribution set
2.103/23/2000widely distributed as a set of 5 floppy disks

CD-ROM Editions from Duxbury Systems

VersionDateComment
2.202/13/2002first version installed from CD-ROM
2.301/02/2006MegaDots gets a Windows installer.
2.404/24/2009MegaDots upgrade for 2007 BANA rules, better install on Vista and Windows 7
2.4w09/07/2010Taking out file importation software from a third party
2.501/03/2012File importation using software from Duxbury DBT (imports Word 2007/2010)

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