The following is the ROM Release procedure that I suggest be used for
Steel Talons. It is the procedure used for Panorama. 

Requirements:
   1. There should be a single file (AROMRELx.DOC) that contains all the 
      information needed to produce the latest Masters to build a game.
      This file is created and maintained by the Project Team.

   2. This file should not contain unnecessary information such as ROMs that
      have been superseded.

Reason:
      Previously, the parts lists maintained by the PC Group contained
all the latest programmed part numbers. When a part was raised another
Rev level the parts list was ECNed.

      With Component Engineering's new system this is no longer the case.
I believe this is related to the new numbering system. Previously the Rev 
level was built into the part number so that 136087-1001 was a Rev A part,
136087-2001 was a Rev B part, and so on. With the new system the part is
labeled with the Rev level: "136087-1001 Rev A", "136087-1001 Rev B", and
so on. The parts list is not changed as the Rev level is changed. The parts
list would continue to call out "136087-1001".

     Therefore, there must be another document that tells Manufacturing what
ROMs (and other programmed parts) to put into the game.

     Said document is the dreaded AROMRELx.DOC  .
 
     When you first release Rev A parts, the information goes in AROMREL.DOC .

Next is where my procedure might be different from the one specified by
Components Engineering:

    When you release more Rev A parts or change the Rev level of existing
parts you will create a new AROMRELx.DOC such as AROMREL2.DOC, AROMREL3.DOC,
and so on.

   The latest AROMRELx.DOC will contain all the programmed parts necessary
to build the game. It will not contain parts that have been superseded.

For Steel Talons the AROMRELx.DOC files should be located in
[Logg.Aces.Release]  .

Rev A parts should be in [Logg.Aces.Release.ROMREVA] .
Rev B parts should be in [Logg.Aces.Release.ROMREVB] .

Note that a game can (and usually does) have programmed parts at several 
different Rev levels.

When you are planning to release parts try to notify Rick Owens ahead of
time, preferably a few days. To release ROMs give him a copy of the new
AROMRELx.DOC along with the masters of the parts you are releasing.

Do not give him masters of parts that have already been released.


Jed

	The directory name is [logg.ace....] not [logg.aceS....].

	Do you want to change your sub directory to match?

I stand corrected.

No.

Jed

The Program Master Release Form, which is updated with each software revision,
will document the revision levels of the programmed parts to be stuffed in the
board. Each PCB assembly has a separate PMR form that is included with the
parts list and assembly drawing for the board.

The PMR form is generated or revised from the AROMREL form when the programmed
parts are released. Using Jed's system will make it easier for us to update the
PMR form when there are software revisions.

Rick