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205) New cmdkeys: OF  allow turning on, turning off, and toggling of AR
flags:

                Description:   AR flag set/reset/toggle
                MString:       [ <function><flag> [...] ]

                     <flag> is a flag letter from A to Z.  <function>  may
                     be one of the following:

                          +    Set flag
                          -    Reset flag
                          !    Toggle flag

                     More  than  one  function/flag  combination  may   be
                     specified.  Case is ignored.

206) More programming accomplished on the multinode support. Updates to
RENEGADE.DAT will not overwrite old information written by another node.

207) Unlisted downloads can now use wildcards.

208) The file system has been partially rewritten.  It's now far more efficient.
Those already running Renegade will need to delete the first file record in
each directory (it will be garbage).

209) Now checks for time remaining before allowing a QWK packet download.

210) ASCII protocols are no more.

211) Some serious work done on data file i/o.  Shrunk OVR by about 6k while
making preparations for multinode support.  The overlay size will continue
to shrink as I work on this.

212) Two new command line options;

        -Nx   Specifies node number x.  Not really used at this point.

        -Cx   Specifies to use com port number x.  Overrides system config.

     These are both in perparation for multinode support.

213) /S and /A commands now work in the full screen editor.

214) WFCMENU.ANS, WFCMENU0.ANS, and SYSFUNC.ANS are no longer necessary.
     The WFC screen, WFC security screen, and sysop keys screen are now
     BUILT IN to Renegade and are NOT loaded from disk.

215) Totally new WFC screen!   The new screen features a system activity
     bar graph right under the Renegade logo, and valuable system information
     filling most of the screen, with available commands listed underneath.

216) The system now tracks BBS LIFETIME totals on activity, posts, downloads,
     uploads, and callers (separate from system callers).  This information
     is gathered from HISTORY.DAT, so make sure it's as accurate as possible.
     My HISTORY editor is there to help!   The system will display average
     usage, average posts, average up and downloads, and average calls per
     day for the entire existance of your board.

217) A new system config command, '8' allows you to update the system totals
     mentioned above.  It is only necessary in the event they become corrupted.
     (thought I'd thwart the need for an external utility ;-) )

218) Conferencing update:  If a user switches conferences and as a result
     no longer has access to his current message or file base, he will be
     switched to the first available message or file base.  This also works
     with other ACS functions besides conferencing.

219) File sorting has been reduced from ridiculous to a simply alphabetical
     by file name sorting procedure.  It's much faster and much smaller.

220) The events system has been somewhat revitalized.  Events will now only
     run ONCE PER DAY.  Only ACS events have a Duration.  All other events
     keep track of the last day they were run, thus preventing and loop
     of running the same event over and over again.  Events can also be
     SOFT events.  Soft events will not run until the user logs off.  Events
     will now also properly execute at a later time if their scheduled time
     is missed.

221) The packed time format for Renegade has totally changed from the old
     6 byte format to the 4 byte standard Unix format.  It shaved 500 bytes
     off of each user record, shaved about 25 bytes off each message header,
     sped everything up, and made it much easier to program for Renegade.
     Thanks to Chris Holko for suggesting this and providing code examples.

     People upgrading from versions with EXE files dated before 03-12-92
     12:50pm must run RGUPDATE.EXE to convert their users file and message
     headers file.

222) Renegade now asks for the newuser password BEFORE it diplays the
     system info file and newuser file.

223) Renegade now has a SUPER FAST FILE MOVE option for moving files between
     directories on the same drive. It will now just move the file's FAT
     entry instead of the whole file!

224) The ! command at the WFC menu is no longer DOS emulation (who the hell
     used it from the WFC menu anyway??) but is "Validate Files" and will
     allow you to globally validate files.

225) Even more error trapping!  It should now be virtually impossible for
     Renegade to crash on a garbled message, and Renegade will now function
     without message or file bases well enough for you to create them!  No
     more re-inits when you lose all your bases.

226) No more negative transfer time estimates for baud rates above 19200
     or local logons.

227) Should have corrected a long standing error in reading protocol
     log files with HUGE file sizes - "downloaded unauthorized file"
     shouldn't occur on authorized files anymore.

228) Multinode support additions:  Renegade now support's DOS SHARE.EXE
     file sharing.

229) Multinode temp dirs:  The temp dirs for a multinode system are as
     follows:

     \TEMP\[NODE]\1
                  2
                  3

     Where [NODE] is a node number from 1 to 255.

     Temp dirs for a single node version remain the same:

     \TEMP\1
           2
           3

230)  Multinode message support is in.  Users on different nodes posting
      messages on the same board won't overwrite each other, and if some
      one posts a message on another board in the base you're reading,
      the last message number count will be updated.

231)  If the temp dirs don't exist, Renegade will now ATTEMPT to create
      the appropriate dirs before just bombing out.

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