SCoP 3.5

Some of the changes to SCoP 3.5 from the previous version (3.44) are as follows:

• SCoP for DOS now comes with a compiler. This is a minimal version of the DJGPP port of the GNU project's C compiler - GCC. The GNU general public license states that anyone who wishes to distribute GNU software may do so as long as they charge only for media, and shipping and handling charges and are willing to provide the source code to anyone who requests it. We are happy to be able to provide a compiler for our customers.
• SCoP now uses any available memory, including memory beyond the DOS 640k limit. This feature is provided by DJGPP which comes with its own DOS extender.
• There have been some minor changes to the language. The CONSTANT block has been renamed to be the PARAMETER block. There is still a CONSTANT block, but it behaves somewhat differently. PARAMETERs can be changed at runtime (ideal for fitting), but CONSTANTs are innaccessable. CONSTANTs are an ideal place to put things like PI, or acceleration due to gravity since they are universal constants. Also, the name EQUATION has been replaced with BREAKPOINT which is more descriptive. You will need to change any old models.
• There have been some minor changes to some of the menus in SCoP which are fairly self explanatory.
• SCoP can now use a variety of graphics adapters including EGA, VGA and SVGA.