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Personal Ticker Tape Change History
09/01/92 Version 1.00
Initial release
09/08/92 Version 1.02
Modify to work more reliably with Compuserve.
10/03/92 Version 1.05
Due to changes in PRODIGY QUOTE TRACK headings, had to
change PTT to recognize the new headings.
10/12/92 Version 1.06
Add GEnie quote support
10/22/92 Version 1.07
Performance enhancements to speed up updating
10/25/92 Version 1.08
Added Pulse dialing capability
Added support for up to 50 Metastock directories
Prevent addition of files to full Metastock directory
Support for Page Mode in GEnie
11/26/92 Version 1.09
Added support for PRODIGY & Symbols
12/02/92 Version 1.10
Modify Compuserve processing to recover from bad dates
in quotes which caused quotes to get out of sync with
symbols.
12/04/92 Version 1.11
Fix problem with certain modems that don't honor Data Set
Ready (DSR) signal.
Add session recovery if download is interrupted
12/29/92 Version 1.12
Modify for faster access to PTTSYM.* tables by replacing
sequential search with hashed search.
Move Modem Setup parameters to Modem Setup Panel and removed
them from the Service setup panels.
Added PTT.LOG file to track conversion status and errors and
potential splits detected.
Reorganized PTT.TXT documentation file, included a Table of
Contents
01/03/93 Version 1.13
Added menu and command line option to bypass re-verification
of the Index (PTTSYM.*) files. This can save several minutes
when processing large numbers of quotes.
Added command line option (-m) to set Maximum LookBack Period
on the command line.
01/10/93 Version 1.16
Added messages in PTT.LOG that detail which raw quote file input
ticker symbols are duplicated.
Added messages in PTT.LOG showing any security files in the
Data Directories that are duplicated.
For PTT Level 1 and higher users:
Made stock split processing "smarter" so that it won't provide
split messages on any security without volume (notably indices).
For PTT Level 1 and higher users:
Added new command line option to ask for a list of security
data file that were not updated as of the highest update
date. This is the "-M" option, e.g.
ptt -M
will create a screen and PTT.LOG report of securities whose
last update date is lower than the highest update date of any
security in the historical data directories.
01/10/93 Version 1.17
Added Main Menu "Utilities" menu item for viewing PTT.LOG file,
un-Updated symbols, and contents of a data directory.
Modified title so that it doesn't scroll on un-Updated list.
Fixed a problem with downloading for more than 1000 quotes.
04/23/93 Version 1.18
Added ability to comment the translate files (*.XLT) for
easier maintenance. A line beginning with "*" is a comment,
and a semicolon begins a comment on the same line.
Added "Remove PTT Index" option to Utilities menu.
Fixed problem where PTT checked for SPLIT on the first date of
the file (no prior price to compare to). This generated an incorrect
error message stating that OPEN INTEREST field was invalid.
Increased number of Chartpro format directories that can be
updated to 50.
PTT now uses a computer/computer interface to access the free
quotes area of Compuserve, making downloading faster and more
reliable.
04/25/93 Version 1.19/1.20
Fix problem converting from PTT 1.17 configuration file to
PTT 1.18 or later file. The REGISTRATION CODE was getting "lost".
Tidy up the Compuserve download output.
Fix problem with GENERATE REPORTS option.
04/27/93 Version 1.21/1.22
Added option to allow automatic downloading to a daily file
rather than to a command line specified file name. So, if you
set up your download directory to be, for example, DNLD and
you want to download from CIS or GEnie to the file YYMMDD.xxx
in that directory and then update that file, you would say
PTT -D 1 -u * for CompuServe
PTT -D 2 -u * for GEnie
Modified logon to service sequence so that it only tries to
hangup 4 times and then continues with the download. This
will occur if the modem is not set so that Carrier Detect (CD)
follows the carrier signal (normally AT&C1 will set this
correctly).
Modified to handle various flavors of Compuserve TERMINAL
setups, so PTT is not sensitive to BRIEF PROMPTS, PAGED DISPLAY
or BLANK LINES settings. The only required parameters for
terminal setting are TERMINAL TYPE=OTHER and LINE FEEDS = YES
Fixed problem where PTT was not recognizing the Compuserve
time stamp in the download file and was posting everything
12 hours in the past.
Added "-Q" command line option to turn off the report to both
the screen and the PTT.RPT file. This seems to increase the
update speed by about 20%.
04/29/93 Version 1.23
This version prevents the addition of more than 255
securities to a Metastock directory when the "Prompt
for Missing Symbols" option is set.
It also contains an error message when invalid data is
found in a security file. This message is written to
the PTT.LOG file and the screen as the report is
generated.
The Verify Files option has been modified to remove any
invalid data records from the security file.
05/02/93 Version 1.24
Add support for Free Financial Network (FFN) data files,
STKmmdd.PRN (stocks), INDXmmdd.PRN (indices), and
Fyymmdd.PRN (futures) named files. Enhanced the ASCII
FORMAT TYPE 6 to allow 5 and 7 field formats.
Also, allow FFN data as Raw Quote File so that ticker
symbol translation can be done.
Beefed up and enhanced PTT's interface to Compuserve quotes
so that no special user profile settings (i.e. GO TERMINAL)
are required for PTT to be able to get quotes.
Modified so that network passwords with internal spaces are
not truncated.
05/15/93 Version 1.25
Modified to add a 5 or 7 field data file if the ASCII format
code is 6 (FFN/HDS). Thus, stock data from FFN is added as 5
field while Futures data is added as 7 field.
Fixed problem which occurred when adding a daily symbol to a
Metastock directory which already contained a non-daily
security of the same name. Also fixed lock up which occurred
under the same conditions.
When PTT did not connect to the download service, it was leaving
an unclosed CONNECT.LOG file which got picked up via a CHKDSK as
a lost cluster.
PTT now creates (again) the *.DOP file for Metastock format files
that it creates. You can delete them if you dare.
PTT allows entry of 16 (rather than 15) characters of the Metastock
security name field.
08/15/93 Version 2.00
Add download support for Dow Jones News Service databases
//CQE, //HQ and news for any current quotes for which news
is available.
Add FUNDmmdd.PRN support for Free Financial Network data files.
Added "Help" menu item from Main Menu.
Added Custom format option via the Format Specification String
field of the Setup/Update Options screen.
Added new Maintenance screen for performing historical data file
maintenance. This Maintenance function will allow you to add,
delete, rename, edit, and perform stock splits on security files.
Note : insertion of data into an empty file is not supported.
Added command line option for specifying the comma separated
field format of the formatted ASCII file via a Format Specification
String. See "Command Line Invocation" in PTT Help Index.