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

Version	Date	Comment
.7	06/01/1992	Pre-release software, limited distribution
1.0	08/07/1992	The first official release of MegaDots, not really functional
1.0	09/04/1992
1.0	09/30/1992
1.0	10/02/1992
1.1	11/02/1992	first edition of 1.1
1.1v	12/15/1992	the v in the version designation was for better voice support
1.1v	01/28/1993
1.2	02/18/1993	beta of 1.2
1.2	04/20/1993	first version 1.2, handles larger files
1.2	06/29/1993
1.3	10/29/1993	version 1.3 added the spell checker and cleaner voicing to more screen readers
spell	11/15/1993	spell checker for MegaDots
	11/26/1993	buggy: sometimes duplicated characters on printing
	12/03/1993	buggy: still more output problems
1.3c	01/18/1994	problems with save or export after a search
1.3c	01/25/1994	buggy: bad translator (debugging code left in production disks)
1.3d	02/04/1994	This edition fixed a series of bugs
1.3d	03/25/1994
1.4	11/02/1994	first disk needing serialization; user interface made much more flexible
1.4a	12/08/1994
1.4a	12/16/1994
1.4b	01/06/1995
1.4b	02/17/1994
spell	03/02/1995	spell checker disk for MegaDots
spell	06/05/1995	spell checker disk for MegaDots
1.5	06/12/1995	version 1.5 can be thought of as "version 1.4 with major bugs removed"
1.5a	08/11/1995
1.5b	11/17/1995
1.5b	03/01/1996
1.5b	07/12/1996	label says 06/19/96
1.5c	08/09/1996	first 1.5c
1.5c	08/09/1996
1.5c	09/30/1996	fix to restore OCR-fix spell checker
1.5c	10/07/1996
1.5c	11/27/1996
1.5c	12/17/1996
1.5d	01/06/1997	first 1.5d
1.5d	04/08/1997
1.5d	04/22/1997
1.5d	06/17/1997	The true version of the RNIB transcriber edition
1.5d	11/09/1997	The date printed on the labels for the RNIB transcriber edition
1.6	10/01/1997	Added Named Bookmarks and various safety features, support for MegaMath
math	10/17/1997	pre-release (version .99) of MegaMath
1.6	01/02/1998
1.6	03/22/1998
1.6	04/22/1998	buggy: combined 1.6 and 2.0 elements; virtually useless
math	04/24/1998	bad MegaMath module for 1.6
math	05/21/1998	good MegaMath module for 1.6
1.6	05/22/1998
2.0	05/27/1998	first version 2.0, used 32-bit coding, add-ons were integrated into the main package
2.0	07/24/1998	mass update, label said 05/22/98; but software mailed was 7/24/98
2.0	10/19/1998
2.01	11/20/1998	This update requires version 2 already installed
2.02	01/13/1999	buggy: contains a bad import of Word
2.02	02/10/1999	This update requires version 2 already installed
2.02	03/16/1999	This update requires version 2 already installed; released on web only; disk says 2.02, but web site called it 2.03
2.04	06/08/1999	first MegaDots distributed by Duxbury Systems
2.04	11/16/1999	improved disk 3 of 6/8/99 distribution set
2.1	03/23/2000	widely distributed as a set of 5 floppy disks

CD-ROM Editions from Duxbury Systems

Version	Date	Comment
2.2	02/13/2002	first version installed from CD-ROM
2.3	01/02/2006	MegaDots gets a Windows installer.
2.4	04/24/2009	MegaDots upgrade for 2007 BANA rules, better install on Vista and Windows 7
2.4w	09/07/2010	Taking out file importation software from a third party
2.5	01/03/2012	File importation using software from Duxbury DBT (imports Word 2007/2010)