A new software and firmware release for the ZX-24e, ZX-24ae, ZX-24pe, ZX-24ne has been issued by Elba Corporation that includes an updated version of the ZBasic installer for the compiler and update to the ZBasic firmware and library.
The new ZBasic installer version 2.6.5 is available from the our
ZBasic Software Downloads page. The updated ZBasic compiler version 2.6.5 has following new System Library routines, enhancements and bug fixes:
- Added Version.Value and Version.String built-in constants.
- Added support for an optional second parameter on GetElapsedMicroTime().
- Added missing Xor operator support in conditional _expression_s.
- Corrected a problem evaluating conditional _expression_s like "Not A And Not B".
- Corrected an access violation that could occur with an incrementing reference to an undefined structure member.
See the ZBasic website for the complete history of
ZBasic compiler changes.
The updated firmware version 2.6.3 for the ZX-24e, ZX-24ae, and ZX-24pe is available from the ZBasic Firmware page. The following fixes have been incorporated into the firmware:
- Corrected a problem with the string-to-value routines (e.g. ValueS(), ValueI()) where, if passed a temporary string, the string wasn't being freed.
- Corrected a potential interrupt timing error in the GetMicroTime() implementation.
- Relaxed the ATN reset timing to allow it to work with some virtual COM drivers.
- Modified OpenCom() to first close the specified channel.
- Corrected a few problems with conversion between day numbers and year/month/day.
See the ZBasic website for the complete history of
ZBasic firmware changes.
The updated ZBasic library version 2.6.3 for the ZX-24ne is available in the ZBasic installer version 2.6.3. The following fixes have been incorporated into the library:
- Corrected a potential interrupt timing error in the GetMicroTime() implementation.
- Modified OpenCom() to first close the specified channel.
- Corrected a few problems with conversion between day numbers and year/month/day.
See the ZBasic website for the complete history of
ZBasic library changes.
Mike
