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Version 1.11 (February 27, 1990)
Simply fixes bug that occured on some clone machines.
BE SURE AND FOLLOW ALL UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS FOR 1.10
IF YOU ARE UPGRADING TO THIS VERSION FROM 1.0!
Version 1.1 (February 25, 1990)
TO UPDATE TO THIS VERSION FROM 1.0, YOU MUST RUN THE UPDATE.EXE PROGRAM
AND THEN DELETE YOUR BBS.LST FILE. YOU WILL HAVE TO ADD ALL OF THE BBSES
YOU CALL USING THE BBS/ADD FUNCTION, BUT ALL MAIL AND FLAGS WILL BE
MAINTAINED.
WARNING : EVEN THOUGH THE ECHO FLAG IS IMPLEMENTED IN
THIS READER, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IT WILL NOT WORK
PROPERLY UNTIL YOU HAVE IMPORTED A PACKET (EVEN ONE WITH
NO MAIL) FROM A DOOR WITH A VERSION OF 1.10 OR LATER!
AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING VERY SENSITIVE THAT
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE DOESN'T GET SENT OUT ON THE
NETWORK, YOU SHOULD LEAVE IT YOURSELF ON THE BOARD UNTIL
YOU ARE SURE THAT THIS FEATURE IS WORKING!
o Added new command line parameter : /BIOSSCROLL. If present, the reader
will use the BIOS scroll routine on CGA's. Otherwise (ie, the default),
the reader will use its own special scrolling routine that reduces flicker.
Unfortunately, the flicker-reducing scrolling is somewhat slower than the
BIOS scroll, so you may wish to turn it off using this switch.
o Added a new command line parameter : /NOSNOW. If present, the reader
will not worry about "snow" on your CGA card. If you have a CGA card,
you should try running the reader with this option. If you don't see
snow, you should continue to use this option as it will speed up operation
of the reader. If you see snow, you should not use this option.
o Fixed bug that caused macros to be disabled after a DOS shell (Alt-D)
o Macro Playback is now enabled while inside a DOS shell. This allows
you to megamail create macros that shell to DOS and run other programs.
o Fixed what appeared to be a problem with the macro engine under DesqView.
o Fixed bug so that reader is configurable even if PKZIP and PKUNZIP are
not present.
o Moved "help" line for the help menus down one line - no longer hides
lower border of edit window.
o Added display of time in lower right-hand corner - great for busy mail
readers!
o If you hit Esc and your message has nothing in it, reader no longer asks
if you want to save the message -- automatically aborts it.
o Added status line for editor when entering mail - shows line, column,
status of insert, etc.
o Added "F1=Help" on top of screen while reading and entering messages.
o Added new command line parameter : /SAFTEY. When invoked, the reader is
slowed down, but if you reboot or lock up or the power goes off, a rebuild
should NOT be necessary. Since this option slows down the reader, you
should only use this option if you are running on an unstable system (for
example, under a multitasker or something), or if you have so much mail in
your reader that you don't want to have to rebuild it. Note that the reader
now uses a "smart" mode when you don't specify /SAFTEY -- it goes into saftey
mode when the performance penalties will be least and comes out when it
would slow down the reader a lot...
o Added new tag line scheme. You can now have up to 10 tag lines. Your
tag lines are no longer part of the configuration menu. They can be
configured separtely by picking Tag Lines from the utilities menu, or
by pressing Alt-T when reading your mail or entering new messages.
o Added new configuration option: Auto forward after Reply to message.
When you reply to a message, if this option is turned on, you are
automatically sent to the next message.
o Added configuration option : New Mail Marked as Read - if this is on,
messages you enter in the reader are marked in the Personal Read flag
as having been read. If this option is no, they are not.
o Now when you edit an example (ie, when you press Alt-F or select to purge
by example), a "help line" is displayed at the bottom of the screen, and
both the BBS and the Conference are selectable via "pick lists." Should
make it easier to construct valid search specs -- no more misspelling
a conference.
o Colors are now fully configurable. The Colors option is available from
the Utilities Menu. You can redefine just about any color in the reader
(including ALL message header fields), and they are automatically saved.
o New command line parameter : /COLORFILE. Similar to the /CONFIGFILE
parameter, this one allows you to define the filename used to store
and retrieve the colors. The default file is COLORS.MGA. For example,
if you wanted to use the file UGLY.CLR, you would put /COLORFILE UGLY.CLR
on the command line.
o The DOS Shell option is now listed on the Utilities Menu in addition to
being Alt-D from anywhere.
o New option! If you place /50 on the command line and you have a EGA
or VGA screen, the reader will run in 43 line mode or 50 line mode,
depending on whether you have a EGA or VGA, respectively. Why would
you want to do this? Well, in VGA mode, for example, you can see 40-45
lines of text in a message at a time, and in quick scan, you can see
40-50 messages at a time! The attractiveness of this option depends
heavily on your monitor -- if you have a large and/or very high quality
monitor, it can look very nice, but if you have a smaller monitor,
you may find that you prefer to stay in 25-line mode.
o New configuration option : Auto Indent. This allows you to control
whether or not the auto-indent feature of the editor is on or not.
o New configuration option : Right Margin. This option allows you to
define where the right margin is for the wordwrap in the editor.
o New command-line option : /NOZIP. Use of this option
prevents the reader from zipping up your packets. This
is advantageous because you can run the reader in much
less memory because PKZIP does not have to be shelled to.
Please also note that the presence of the /NOZIP option
also causes many of the buffers to be made smaller, thus
saving you more space. Because of this, even if you do
not plan on importing or exporting that session, it is
good to put the /NOZIP on the command line when running
the reader in low memory enviornments. For example, using
the /NOZIP option, the reader can run in as little as a
300k desqview window, although this limits the number of
Alt-A's and Alt-W's you can do. We will be continuing to
work to lower the memory requirements in future versions.
If you export/import packets one at a time, you can
o if you are exporting:
export with the /NOZIP in effect and then
use pkzip to move the contents of the
work directory to the file ID.UL where ID
is the ID code of the BBS you exported. Of
course, you will need to place this new .UL
file in your upload directory so that you can
upload it to the door.
o if you are importing:
unzip the contents of the ID.DL file into the work
directory and then run the reader with /NOZIP and
import that BBS.
o New Command -- while reading or entering messages - Alt-Z for Zoom will
Zoom the text window in and out....
o New Command -- while entering message text, presing Alt-R will allow you
to "re-edit" the header on the message.
o Added support for the "Echo Flag" inside the reader. Note that this function
works properly only when the bbs(s) you are calling are running version 1.1
of the door or later.
o Versions 1.1 and later of the door, if equiped with an optional UTI component,
will update the Read: flags on the messages that are addressed to you that
you download. If you see "Updating Read Flags" after downloading your file
from the door, you know that this feature is in effect on that BBS.