========== OOMMF 1.0b3 released 2000/02/24 ==========
Significant changes since 1.0b2:

  * Expanded Tcl/Tk support
	- 8.2.0 through 8.3.0
	- Some fixes for 7.5 support

  * Expanded platform support
	- Better checking for cygwin platform -- $env(OSTYPE)
	- Support for Compaq/Digital C++ compiler, cxx
	- Support -n32 libraries on SGI by default 
		agrees with Tcl/Tk 8.0.3 and later.
	- optional optimization flags in config/cache/*.tcl comments

  * Bug fixes
	- pimake: find extension header files relative to target, not pimake
	- pimake: support tcl.h and tk.h in different directories
	- mmHelp: [string match " " "\n"] instead of "==" to fix infinite
		loop on Tru64 unix 
	- mmGraph: Proper handling of escaped newlines in .odt files
	- mmGraph: Proper handling of too long and too short rows in .odt files
	- Release number taken from Oc extension, not hard coded
	- mmSolve2D: LoadProblem bug was loading from all MIF input source
		which had ever been selected.
	- mmSolve2D: Fixed coordinate errors in Ribbon Field Type
	- Fixed timeout expiration event error in account server
	- Use higher precision computing orthogonal anisotropy axes.
	- [auto_execok] returns a list.  Corrected code which assumed a string.
	- Revised search path for *Config.sh
	- Lots of "lint" improvements -- mostly bracing of [expr]
        - Oc_DirectPathname now handles strange case when
          [cd] into a directory succeeds, but [pwd] fails.

  * General cleanup/improvements
	- Better values for example materials
	- Distributed template repositories; no "build" directory
	- support for config/cache/local files
	- Warning about bad OOMMF_ROOT value

========== OOMMF 1.0b2 released 1999/07/27 ==========
Significant changes since 1.0b1:

  * Expanded Tcl/Tk support
        - 8.0.4
        - 8.0.5
        - 8.1.0
        - 8.1.1
        - Tk4.x - Forward compatibility support for the [grid],
                [destroy], and [menu] commands.

  * New Platforms supported
        - Cygwin environment on Windows
	- more centralized support for OOMMF configuration on Windows
		-- less burden on the config/cache/win*.tcl files
	- improved configuration for -32, -n32, -o32 builds on IRIX systems

  * Rewrite of mmArchive
	- Doesn't require a window system/display
		- can keep running as long as mmSolve2D
	- Accepts and archives DataTable data
	- Can be launched from the command line

  * New mmHelp features
        - Can load Binary files
        - Handles block-level IMG tag according to HTML 3.2 spec
        - Rudimentary table support (alignment)

  * New mmLaunch features
	- User interface windows for other apps
		- Inputs and Outputs displayed only if relevant
		- Status line

  * New Oc extension features
        - New macro OC_STRINGIFY
	- New Tcl commands
		- Oc_CheckTclIndex
		- Oc_IsClass
		- Oc_SetPanicHeader
	- New Oc_Class procs/methods
		- Oc_Main GetInstanceName
		- Oc_Config TkVersion
		- Oc_Config Tclsh
		- Oc_Config Wish
		- Oc_Config Summary

  * New environment variables
	- OOMMF_TCL_CONFIG, OOMMF_TK_CONFIG, OOMMF_TCLSH, OOMMF_WISH

  * Bug fixes
        - DString memory leaks
        - Runtime checks for tclIndex files
        - Improved exit handling (mmGraph) -- window existence checked
        - Clone protocols dependence on parents enforced
        - Oc_Class option 'enforcePrivate' is now honored.

  * General cleanup/improvements
	- updated documentation
	- fixed syntactic sugar in "Define" procs
	- more informative platform configuration checks
        - removed deprecated direct accesses to interp->result
        - Improved error messages and stack traces.
	- revised LICENSE language
        - Account server/.omfexport.tcl
                - now use Oc_Application directly, no spawn of bootstrap

========== OOMMF 1.0b1 released 1998/11/05 ==========
Significant changes since 1.0b0:

  * Support for Tcl/Tk 8.0.3 on Windows platforms.  A workaround for
    the previous trouble with socket responsiveness was found.

  * Support for use of the .svf file format to specify an initial
    magnetization state in a problem description.

  * Fixed bug in mmGraph which prevented it from exiting and deregistering
    when exited by using the window manager to destroy its window.

  * Enhanced Tcl/Tk version checking in configuration/build steps.

  * Improvements to User Manual.

  * Clarified several error messages.

========== OOMMF 1.0b0 released 1998/10/20 ==========