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+As usual, I still have a queue of unprocessed submissions....  If

+you've sent in any contributions which don't appear in this release but

+which I've acknowledged, they are still on my queue and will appear in

+the future.

+

+Still on the queue: more OpenDOS info, the rest of the TI Professional

+info, lots of chipset info (see NEEDHELP.TXT), ....

+

+

+UPCOMING CHANGES

+================

+

+The individual sections of the list will be larger in future releases

+so that there are fewer parts.  I'm planning on 720K per section unless

+there are strong objections.

+

+

+WHAT'S NEW

+==========

+

+INTER61

+-------

+New files:

+	FAQ.LST		start of an FAQ -- submissions welcome!

+

+updated files:

+	OPCODES.LST

+

+new info:

+	over 400k of additions, including: AHA-154x commands, ATASPI,

+	more MSRs (including AMD Athlon), lots of DR-DOS/OpenDOS/PTS-DOS/S-DOS

+	info (with more still to be added), AMIGATSR, MULTIJOY, USB4DOS,

+	VXDLDR, etc.

+

+Other changes:

+	INTERxxF and INTERxxG have been merged.

+

+Note:	I have deliberately omitted the usual renumbering of tables because

+	I still have lots of pending updates referencing tables using the

+	numbering from INTER60 (and there are no doubt some dangling

+	cross-references due to incomplete updating).  As a result, many

+	table numbers will be out of order.

+

+

+INTER60

+-------

+updated files:

+	OPCODES.LST

+

+updated programs:

+	INT2WHLP can now handle the new five-character table numbers

+

+new info:

+	Econet, VESA VBE/AF, Matrox VESA-OEM functions, more Soft-ICE backdoor

+	commands, XBIOS, EZ-Drive, Adaptec AIC-7xxx and AHA-152x ports,

+	GEM/ViewMAX, WinTel API, TrLit API, VHRBIOS.SYS, Philips SAA7110(A),

+	Intel 82595FX

+

+

+INTER59

+-------

+format changes:

+	all table numbers are now five characters in length, and just in time,

+	too: PORTS.LST now has 1014 tables....

+

+updated files:

+	OPCODES.LST

+

+new info:

+	chipsets: Intel 440BX/EX/LX, Intel 82371MX, OPTi "Vendetta", OPTi

+	  82C493/82C382, Via VT82C496G "486SXWB", Via VT82C570M "Apollo Master"

+	  PicoPower Vesuvius

+	other hardware: C&T 82C9001A, C&T 64200/64310, Ensoniq ES1370/1371,

+	  Cirrus CL-PD6710/6722, Cirrus CL-PD6729

+	Award-BIOS password algorithm, more PCI vendor IDs

+