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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │░ │ ────────────────────── │░ │ RIPterm v1.52.00 │░ │ ────────────────────── │░ │ │░ │ VERSION HISTORY! │░ │ │░ │ April 21, 1993 │░ │ │░ │ │░ │ Copyright (c) 1992-93, TeleGrafix Communications, Inc. │░ │ All Rights Reserved │░ │ │░ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 1.52.00 ... Released 04/21/93 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Added Dialing Prefix and Suffixes. You may now have three separate Dialing Prefixes and three separate Dialing Suffixes to choose from for different telephone environments. Altered to Dialing Directory Editor. All fields are now pop-up data fields instead of a lot of tiny radio buttons which are more confusing looking. Also added support for dialing prefix and suffix in the editor. Enhanced the look and feel of all pop-up menus, pull-down menus, dialing window and the file transfer windows. Much more professional looking. Changed some of the low-level file I/O code in RIPterm to some faster routines. Icons should display faster (a bit) and windows, when closed, should appear a little faster. Redesigned RIPterm's internal memory structure. By first appearance, it will seem that RIPterm requires more memory than it used to. However, after prolonged use of RIPterm in the same session, you will find that it no longer runs out of memory as often, or freak out when memory runs low. These problems were due to Memory Fragmentation errors. Fixed a bug with the scrollback buffer that would blank out the bottom line of the window when you hit the UP-ARROW key to scroll up. Resolved a number of functional problems with the low-level communications system of RIPterm. Characters were being lost with high speed modems with RTS/CTS enabled. This should now be resolved for you high-speed modem junkies. Zmodem file transfers were having timing difficulties. Now resolved. You should notice Zmodem uploads work excellent now and Zmodem downloads are also much more reliable. Fixed a number of bugs with VT-100/ANSI cursor positioning with regard to the VT-100 vertical scrolling margins. Also, some glitches existed when the status bar was on/off that didn't appear in prior releases. RIPterm now auto-senses if you are using it on a MicroChannel machine, and if so auto-patches the I/O Addresses and the IRQ values for COM3-4 which are different. The RIPTERM.FNT file is now considerably smaller (about 1/4 its original size). Fixed the bug which freaked out RIPterm when you execute the "Built-in variables" option from the DATA pull-down menu. The options that list out the text variables did not display properly unless CR/LF was enabled. This is now corrected and they should display properly regardless of your CR/LF setting. RIPterm will now restore the setting of the Scroll-Lock key when it exits to DOS. The status of the key is reset to whatever the setting was when RIPterm booted up. Added a visual error recovery notation on the progress bar of the file transfer window. You can now visually see how far the protocol had to "back up". Added four new text variables: $HKEYON$ ... Enable Button Hotkeys This option enables button hotkeys. Any Button that is created by a BBS that has a hotkey will be activated if you hit the corresponding key on your keyboard. This will light-up the Scroll-Lock key on your keyboard indicating that Button Hotkey mode is ON. $HKEYOFF$ ... Disable Button Hotkeys This option disables button hotkeys. Any Button that is created by a BBS that has a hotkey associated with it, will not be activated even if the user hits that key on his keyboard. The only way to activate a button in this mode is with the mouse. The Scroll-Lock key on your keyboard will go dim, indicating that Button Hotkey Mode is disabled. $TABON$ ... Enable TAB to execute mouse fields When this variable is processed, you can use the TAB key to navigate through the Mouse/Button fields on your screen. In this mode, you can access the fields without a mouse. The side- effect is that the TAB key cannot be used directly with the Host. $TABOFF$ ... Disable TAB to execute mouse fields When this variable is processed, you cannot use the TAB key to navigate throug the Mouse/Button fields on your screen. In this mode, whenever the TAB key is hit, it is sent directly to the Host as a TAB character. Any fields that are already hilighted when this variable is received will be de-hilighted. Tech Note: The Clipboard is now auto-allocated upon RIPterm bootup to a fixed size of 64k. If you load an Icon but instruct RIPterm not to put it on the clipboard, it will still load even if the icon is up to 64k in size. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 1.51.00 ... Released 03/29/93 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ VT-102 compatible operation. RIPterm now adheres to ANSI SCO/UNIX VT-102 compatibility. Bugs were fixed with VT-102 tab stops and tab handling In VT-102 mode, backspaces are now non-destructive. Added several VT-102 commands: ESC [ <n> @ ..... Insert <n> characters ESC [ <n> P ..... Delete <n> characters ESC [ <n> L ..... Insert <n> lines ESC [ <n> M ..... Delete <n> lines ESC [ <n> Z ..... Move cursor backward <n> tab stops Fixed a number of bugs with ANSI clear-screen/area commands. ANSI clear screen (ESC [ 2 J) commands now properly reset the screen to the proper display attribute. Scrolling the screen will clear the bottom line to the proper display attributes. Supports VT-102 character sets G0 and G1 (US, UK or Special Sets) A couple of bugs were fixed in this version pertaining to one-line text windows. Two oddities were happening when in this mode: 1) when the window "scrolls", portions of the previous line would remain at the top of the text window, and 2) if the window was set to "CHOP" mode (i.e., NO WRAP), and you hit the far-right of the window, characters that you type would appear outside the text window off to the right (potentially disturbing graphics). Another bug was fixed with the 80x43 and 91x43 fonts with the status bar. If the status bar is OFF and the cursor is underneath where the status bar would normally be, and then the status bar is enabled, the status bar would be disturbed by the cursor or the text. In other words, the status bar would get freaked out. More sophisticated Save Screen and Restore Screen macros were added in this version. There are now text variables for $SAVE0$ - $SAVE9$ and $RESTORE0$ - $RESTORE9$. This gives you ten different simultaneously saved graphics screens. When you restore one of these screens using RESTORE0-9, the temporary files are immediately deleted when restored. This is different than the $RESTORE$ variable which leaves the screen file on the hard disk even after the restoration is complete. This allows for multiple restores to occur without having to re-save the screen each time. The SAVE0 through SAVE9 commands save their graphical data to files RIPTERM0.SAV through RIPTERM9.SAV. When RIPterm boots up and shuts down, it will delete any temporary files created by the text variable commands. The files that will be removed are: RIPFIELD.SAV ... Saved Mouse Fields SCRAPBUF.SAV ... Saved Clipboard RIPTERM.SAV ... Saved graphics screen ($SAVE$) RIPTERM0.SAV ... Saved graphics screen ($SAVE0$) : : RIPTERM9.SAV ... Saved graphics screen ($SAVE9$) A new option is available to the RIPterm user: Button hotkey release mode. This allows the user to determine whether his keystrokes should be checked with the BBS buttons or not for activation. In other words, if the BBS places a button on the screen like this: ┌────────────────┐ │ │ │ (E)nter name │ │ │ └────────────────┘ ...where the hotkey for the button is "E", simply pressing the "E" key on your keyboard would normally activate this button. This may not be desirable if you're trying to send a message to another user with the letter "E" in it. Now, there's a way around this: Hotkey Release Mode. Hotkey Release mode is linked to your SCROLL-LOCK key on your keyboard. If Scroll Lock is lit, then hotkeys are processed. If it is not lit, then the character will be sent to the BBS directly, bypassing any button hotkeys. If you set this option from within the pull-down menus, then the option can be permanently saved to the RIPterm setup. Simply toggling the option with the Scroll Lock key directly will not be automatically saved to your setup (even if you perform a "Save Setup"). When you initially install RIPterm, and if a dialing directory file is present, RIPterm will scan the file and make sure that all of the entries in it are set to the proper COM port that you specified when you originally installed RIPterm. Also, the Baud Rate will be set appropriately. When running RIPterm for the first time, entering a "0" for the COM port (presumably to return to DOS) no longer reboots your PC (whoops). This also applies to the Baud Rate installation option. Fixed a bug where the Numeric Keypad would not produce numeric digits in the normal terminal window. This bug was fixed a long time ago but in some internal restructuring of RIPterm, it managed to creep back into the software. Sorry folks. Added a new feature into one of the RIPscrip commands allowing the Host to ask the terminal to inform it when the user clicks the mouse somewhere on the screen. This could be greatly used by software manufacturers who wish to make interactive programs like Games or other such things that take advantage of the Mouse remotely. Imagine playing a space game with your ship in the middle of the screen, and clicking elsewhere in the space-map and having your ship turn and head toward where you click! For the technical minded, these changes were made to the RIP_QUERY command. Two new flags were added to this: 1) Tell the Host if the user clicks in the graphics window 2) Tell the Host if the user clicks in the text window This version corrects a problem with "local RIP file playback" options. In prior versions, this mode would slowly gobble up file handles until there are none left. At that point, subsequent Playback was not possible unless you exit RIPterm and re-run it. Resolved a bug where Local RIP playback was not functioning properly when used in a Mouse or Button Host Command. Cleared up a bug with Full/Duplex toggling. When you toggled this option ON or OFF, the status bar was not properly updated. Added a number of new text variables: $VT102ON$ ... Turn VT-102 mode ON $VT102OFF$ ... Turn VT-102 mode OFF $DWAYON$ ... Turn Doorway Mode ON $DWAYOFF$ ... Turn Doorway Mode OFF $STW$ ... Saves text window layout $RTW$ ... Restores text window layout $COFF$ ... Disable text cursor $CON$ ... Enable (display) text cursor $STW$ ... Saves the text window information $RTW$ ... Restores text window orientation Added two new text variables: $SAVE$ and $RESTORE$. The SAVE variable will completely save the contents of the entire graphics screen to a disk file called RIPTERM.SAV. No Mouse Fields, Text Window locations or Clipboard data are saved - just the graphics screen. The entire 640x350 region is saved to disk. The RESTORE command will read the saved file in from disk and restore the graphics as they were originally saved. If you wish to save the entire state of the RIPterm system, use the following text variables all at the same time (spaces are added for clarity): $SAVE$ $STW$ $SCB$ $SMF$ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ --- Save Mouse Fields \ \ \ \ \ ------- Save ClipBoard \ \ \ ----------- Save Text Window \ --------------- Save Graphics Screen And to restore the entire context of a graphics environment, use the following text variables: $RESTORE$ $STW$ $SCB$ $SMF$ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ --- Restore Mouse Fields \ \ \ \ \ ------- Restore ClipBoard \ \ \ ----------- Restore Text Window \ ------------------ Restore Graphics Screen Text output speed has been vastly improved. This only pertains to text that is viewed in the Text Window (i.e., ASCII and ANSI text that comes from the BBS, not graphical text messages in various fonts). In raw performance benchmarks we have determined some statistics for these new printing routines. In a test conducted of 100,000 characters being printed (without any scrolling), RIPterm consistently outperformed the old printing method by the following times: Font New Time Old Time Speed Ratio ------------------------------------------------------- 80x43 5 seconds 32 seconds 6.40 to 1 80x25 7 seconds 53 seconds 7.57 to 1 91x43 18 seconds 42 seconds 2.33 to 1 91x25 27 seconds 69 seconds 2.56 to 1 40x25 12 seconds 78 seconds 6.50 to 1 =================== AVERAGE: 5.07 to 1 New "Port Baud Lock" feature. This option, available from the Modem Options dialog box allows you to "lock" that baud rate that the modem will use to whatever is defined in your Setup (or in your dialing directory entries). Even if the modem connects with a "CONNECT xxxx" where "xxxx" is lower than this "locked" baud rate, RIPterm will not adjust its baud rate downward. The reason for this is many high speed modems with MNP or v.42 bis compression schemes require that the modem-to- computer baud rate be higher than the actual connection speed. Some modems will indicate the connection speed between the two modems, and others will return the speed between the modem and the PC. If you have a normal 2400 baud modem, you will not need to activate this option. This option is only of use if you have a high speed, error correcting or data compressing modem. NOTE: This option is part of the RIPterm setup. Dialing the modem now takes special care of the Carrier Detect signal. If the CD signal is low (indicating no connection), then if the CD signal goes high during the dialing process, RIPterm will announce a successful connection and switch to the Terminal screen. If the CD signal is high when dialing occurs, its status is ignored for the duration of the dialing process and RIPterm will wait only for a CONNECT XXXX, BUSY, VOICE, NO DIALTONE or ERROR messages. This added intelligence should aid RIPterm users unfamiliar with modems who have their CD settings wrong on their terminal (i.e., AT &C0). The proper setting is AT &C1 ... for "true carrier detect" results. A new RIPTERM.PCX logo file has been included with this release. Some said that our prior logo screen wasn't adequate, so we made a new one. Added a new option to the pull-down menus: VT-102 MODE. When in this mode, several keys on your keyboard react as if RIPterm were a VT-102 compatible keyboard. When this mode is active, the following keys will transmit the indicated piece of text: F1 ... ESC [ M F2 ... ESC [ N F3 ... ESC [ O F4 ... ESC [ P F5 ... ESC [ Q F6 ... ESC [ R F7 ... ESC [ S F8 ... ESC [ T F9 ... ESC [ U F10 ... ESC [ V PGUP ... ESC [ I PGDN ... ESC [ G HOME ... ESC [ H END ... ESC [ F INSERT ... ESC [ L CURSOR UP ... ESC [ A CURSOR DN ... ESC [ B CURSOR LEFT ... ESC [ C CURSOR RIGHT ... ESC [ D In addition, many ANSI escape sequences function slightly differently than in normal ANSI mode. When in this mode, RIPterm tries to act like a VT-102 compatible terminal. Made the "Offline" field in the status bar bring up the dialing directory, not the manual dialing dialog box. Resolved a bug with the Auto-Sensing RIPscrip option. If the auto-sensing ANSI command was received and the cursor was still in column #1, it would not respond with any return sequence. Resolved a bug with the Hangup command which would apparently freeze-up RIPterm, but in fact, was actually taking an abnormally long time to disconnect (roughly 1800 seconds). Modified RIPterm so that RTS/CTS is by default, "ON". Hardware flow control of modem data is critically important in a graphical terminal so that data is not lost while graphics commands are being executed. If CTS is "low", then this mode is automatically disabled for you. Resolved a bug with the "Restore Mouse Fields" text variable and the "local RIP playback" variable when used in Mouse Fields or Buttons. This would cause the Host Command string to be improperly processed. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 1.50.00 ... Released 02/15/93 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This is a very major new release with a great many enhancements and other features that were not present in prior versions. The following is a summary of what's new in v1.50.00: RIPterm no longer requires a Mouse! You can now access the pull-down menus via the keyboard by hitting the F10 key. You may navigate through the menus with the arrow keys and tapping <ENTER> on the desired item to activate it. You may now access ANY mouse field in a RIPscrip menu without the mouse by using the TAB or SHIFT-TAB keys to hilight the field you want to execute. Once the desired field is hilighted, simply tap the <ENTER> key to activate the mouse field. If you wish to un-hilight any mouse field, simply tap the Escape key. System Font ability (change your Text fonts). This mode allows you to choose what size text you wish to use under normal text environments. You have five separate Fonts to choose from: 80x43 (default) 80x25 (normal DOS screen size) 40x25 (low-res font) 91x43 (get more columns of text at once) 91x25 (get more columns of text at once) This new "System Fonts" ability allows you to custom tailor how RIPterm will display normal text to you when in a full- screen text mode interface. The BBS can overide this mode under circumstances where your text interface is not full- screen. Whenever your screen is "reset" by the BBS (i.e., it is zoomed to full-screen mode), your default System Font will once again be re-activated. Built-in text variable system for Keystroke Macros, amd for BBS/RIPterm information exchange. This mode allows RIPterm to become intelligent. It does this by storing information in a local database file (RIPTERM.DB) for future retrieval. Every piece of information that is stored in this database file is associated with a text variabe "name". Each name is from 3-12 characters in length. The data that is associated with the text variable can be from 0-60 characters in length. Any data that is stored in the database file is saved indefinitely until either you, or the BBS alters it in some way. For high-speed retrieval of text variable data, the database is automatically indexed for you. An index is like "sorting" something alphabetically so that you can find a piece of information quickly. In the event that the index becomes corrupt due to loss of power or something of that nature, RIPterm will automatically re-build the index file for you. See the section of the RIPterm documentation on Text Variables in Keystroke Macros for many new details about how to take advantage of this powerful feature. A new "pull-down" menu has been added (DATA). Under this menu, you can create (or modify) text variables, view the contents of "pre-defined" text variables (e.g., $DATE$, $TIME$, etc). Also, you can view the contents of your Text Variable database. Popup List ability in keystroke macros. Allow your keystroke macros to do different things depending on a choice you make when you execute the macro. Pop-up lists are easy to create and can be extremely useful when you need a macro to apply to more than one type of situation online. Doorway mode for Marshall Dudley's DOORWAY access program. Just type ALT-= (alt-equal sign) to enter doorway mode. When in this mode, any special keystrokes you type are sent to the BBS in a special way that any "doorway compatible" package can use. In this mode, the BBS can actually take advantage of ALT keys, Function keys, Arrow Keys, or various other keystrokes. Only BBS software that directly supports Doorway Mode can take advantage of this feature. This mode is predominantly used when accessing "Door" features of many popular BBS packages (like PC-Board, Wildcat, Synchronet BBS, and many others). Support for a 101-key enhanced AT-keyboard in Doorway Mode. Do not use this option if you do not have a 101-key keyboard. If RIPterm freezes up on you when you go into this mode, reboot your computer and run RIPterm with the -E parameter to disable 101-key support (i.e., RIPTERM -E). RIPterm now auto-senses if a connection exists when you run the software. If a connection already exists, RIPterm does not send the modem initialization string, but simply taps <ENTER> to the BBS to (ideally) re-display the current menu, or at least some kind of prompt. RIPterm can auto-sense RIPscrip with the ANSI sequence <ESC>[! ... it will return "RIPSCRIP015005" (the RIPscrip version number, i.e., "v01.50.05"). This will only occur if the BBS you call can support RIPscrip "auto-sensing". A new boot-up mode (/O) to say you're already online. Completely rewritten text-scrolling code! Scrolling text is approximately 10 times faster than in prior versions of RIPterm. Callers at 2400 baud will notice that scrolling is faster than the modem. Higher speed callers will still notice that scrolling isn't as fast in a text-mode terminal program, but that the scrolling is still much MUCH faster. Scrolling speed is now limited by the speed of your computer, and the type of Video Board you have. 16-bit video cards will have faster scrolling than 8-bit cards. We can't get much faster with the scrolling speed, due to hardware performance issues. Future versions of RIPterm could very well auto-detect your video card, and if you have an accelerated VGA card, it might be able to improve performance still further. Re-engineered File Transfer Protocols. You now have access to the following protocols: Xmodem (checksum) Xmodem (CRC) Xmodem-1K Xmodem-1K (G) Ymodem (batch) Ymodem-G Zmodem Kermit ASCII NOTE: Zmodem now supports crash recovery File transfer protocols now check to see if the connection with the BBS has been lost. If so, it aborts the transfer. File transfer protocols now allow you to abort a transfer by tapping the <ESC> key. Better support for flow control handshaking. RTS/CTS support has been added for better high-speed performance. Also, XON/XOFF flow control options are enhanced for more reliable operation. Use RTS/CTS flow control with high- speed modems for the best performance of your modem. Baud Rates up to 115,200 are now supported. 4800 baud now exists as a choice too. The Modem Options dialog box has been restructured to be less confusing, and more pleasing to the eye. Help system has been overhauled (type F1 to see). You can now use the arrow keys to navigate through the Help System's keywords to hilight the desired keyword in the specified direction. You no longer have to TAB endlessly through numerous keywords to get to the one you want. Also, the Help Table of Contents has been totally re-designed to be easier to use. Scrolling up/down one line in the scollback buffer no longer trims spaces from the beginning of printed lines. This gives an accurate representation of what the text looked like. Note that ANSI cursor movement commands can make the scrollback buffer look different than what you see on the screen. Carriage Return (CR) and Line Feed (LF) characters are now handled properly. Cursor wrapping no longer occurs on column #80, but at column 81. This became evident with large ANSI pictures becoming screwed up due to premature Cursor wrapping. A complete dialing directory system has been added in this version of RIPterm. You may have up to 100 separate systems in a particular dialing directory file (e.g., RIPTERM.PHO). You may have as many directory files as you wish. The Dialing Directory has a great many features to make your life easier. See the section in RIPTERM.DOC on "Dialing Directories" for more information on the available features. The "Dialing Window" has been overhauled to display what system you are currently dialing. In addition, you may alter the "Redial time" from within this window by clicking on the increment/decrement buttons next to the timer. This allows you to increase or decrease the available redial timeout without having to edit your setup manually. Also, a DELETE button has been added allowing you to remove an entry from the list of Systems you are dialing. This would be useful if you were dialing several systems and you decide that you do not wish to dial one of the systems anymore. Ability to keep Icons in separate subdirectories for different systems. Specify which system's icons go where in the dialing directory. If you do not specify which sub-directory Icons will be stored in, the default ICONS\ sub-directory will be used. If the BBS you are connected to instructs RIPterm to load an Icon, it will first check that system's directory. If the Icon is not located there, it will check the ICONS\ directory for the file. This allows a BBS to "overide" default Icons with ones of their own design, thus preventing one BBS from over-writing Icons from another system inadvertantly. New command line options for specifying alternate Setup files, alternate dialing directory files, and to automatically dial an entry in the dialing directory upon bootup. Type "RIPTERM ?" for more details or see RIPTERM.DOC for a more elaborate description on these features. Re-engineered internal memory management. RIPterm now uses memory more efficiently than in previous versions. Auto Download feature for BBS'es that can take advantage of it. This allows protocols like Xmodem to auto-download like Zmodem does. Zmodem auto-downloads will now "erase" the Zmodem transfer header before actually beginning the download. New Block Protocol option - This is for use on RIPscrip BBS'es where an error-free transmission of Icons or RIP scenes is desired. RIPterm accomplishes this transfer of information with its built-in file transfer protocols. Progress Indicator on any upload/download that supports Batch Transfer (i.e., Ymodem, Ymodem-G, Kermit and Zmodem). Option to use DTR to hangup the modem instead of the less efficient +++ ATH method. If for some reason, DTR fails to hangup the modem, the normal +++ ATH method will be used to disconnect. If the modem still has not terminated the connection, the message "Hangup Failed" will be displayed to alert you that you are still online. Support for many new ANSI escape code sequences (some VT-102 and VT-52 features now supported). The new ANSI codes processed are: ■ Underline mode now supported in "display attributes" ■ Blink mode now displays as BOLD (bright) ■ Invert Video mode now acts properly ■ Tab Stops are fully supported now ■ Scrolling regions now supported ■ Device Status Reports ■ Extended Save/Restore cursor (ESC 7, ESC 8) added ■ Reset Terminal Emulation command (ESC c) ■ Device Attribute Report (ESC Z) ■ Cursor UP/DOWN with scrolling (ESC D, ESC M, ESC E) DOS Shell mode spruced up a bit - now displays a modified DOS Prompt to indicate you are inside a DOS Shell. New Intro screen mode. You may now view a .PCX file upon bootup in place of the standard logo screen. If the file RIPTERM.PCX is present in your RIPterm directory, it will be loaded. A Brief copyright message will be shown at the bottom of the screen. .PCX logo files must be 16-color EGA images in a resolution of 640x350. The Copyright Message is displayed from scan lines 300-349. A new RIPTERM.RES (resource) file is included with RIPterm. This file contains many of the frequently used graphical images that are used internally in RIPterm. BBS Icons are NOT stored in this file. Local RIPscrip file playback ability. The host can now transfer a .RIP file to your system, and then later on instruct your system to play it back locally. Graphics playback is lightning fast in this mode. You can now automatically display a RIPscrip scene file upon bootup of RIPterm if you wish. Use the -R parameter when booting up RIPterm to execute a RIPscrip file. For example, if you wanted to load RIPterm and display the RIPscrip file MYSCREEN.RIP, issue the folling command: ripterm -rMYSCREEN.RIP If you omit the .RIP extension, it will be added for you automatically. .RIP files by default, are checked in the ICONS\ sub-directory. New option to disable Beeps has been added for situations where you want peace and quiet. Status Bar has been re-designed. It is now shorter, thus allowing a full 80x24 screen when in certain System Font modes. In addition, you can now "click" on fields in the status bar and the appropriate command will be executed. Some status bar fields do different things in different modes. If you are Online somewhere, and you click on the "Online" field, it will ask you if you wish to Hangup. If you are Offline, and you click on "Offline", it will bring up the dialing directory automatically. If you are currently logging a session to disk, the filename will be displayed on that Status Bar. Clicking on this field will allow you to close the Log File. You may now "Pause" a log-file temporarily. Data Security mode has been added to prevent unauthorized queries from your local Database by Host Systems. This mode was added so that as the user have control on what types of information a BBS can ask your terminal. You may now execute a local .RIP file from within a keystroke macro quickly and easily. The .RIP file that is loaded will be located in whatever Icons sub-directory is designated for the system you are currently connected to. If it cannot find the file in that directory, or you are not currently online, it will load the file from the ICONS\ sub-directory. You may now alter the Base-I/O address of your Serial Ports. This becomes quite useful in situations where you have an oddball Serial Port configuration where IRQ (interrupt) settings just won't cut it. This is quite useful for things like DigiBoards, or other multi-port boards. Consult your Serial Port card's documentation for details about various addresses it may use. A dialing directory conversion utility has been included with this release of RIPterm allowing you to convert Telix or TeleMate dialing directory files to RIPterm format. This utility will auto-detect what type of directory file you specify, and will convert the first 100 non-blank entries into the specified RIPterm directory file. Both Telix and TeleMate allow up to 1000 entries in their dialing directory. RIPterm allows up to 100 entries. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 1.01.01 ... Released 01/05/93 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This minor release altered none of the functionality of RIPterm itself. This release solely altered the name of the company who wrote the software to "TeleGrafix Communications, Inc." ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 1.01.00 ... Released 10/23/92 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This version added many significant features to the RIPterm software. Of the many features included are the following: Log-to-disk ability Custom IRQ settings Auto-Answer mode New File Transfer Protocols were added: Zmodem Ymodem Xmodem-1K Auto-initiating Zmodem downloads Shell to DOS ability Upload ASCII files with optional Line/Character pacing EMS/XMS/overlay support to maximize memory efficiency ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 1.00.00 ... Released 09/10/92 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This is the first official Public release of RIPterm as a Freeware software package. Several features were added that were not in previous Beta copies. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 0.99.31 (Beta) ... Released 02/15/92 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ A number of changes were made in this first Beta revision. Among those worth mentioning are: Support for the revised Mouse Region portion of the RIPscrip protocol. It now has the ability to set the text window to full screen and clear the screen when a mouse region is clicked. This provides for a simplified installation on a BBS that has many areas that cannot support RIPscrip. More Streamlined clickable buttons, simple dialog boxes and Information windows. In all of these cases, the buttons on these windows are now "visibly" clickable and support default choices when <RETURN> is pressed. In addition, tapping <ESC> at any of these menus now operates properly rather than selecting "YES" all the time. The "Reset All Windows" RIPscrip command would not clear the last few scan lines of the graphics display. This would occasionally leave remaining graphics data on the screen when it shouldn't be there. Now fixed. When dialing the modem with the auto re-dialer, tapping a key would display a message in the message window in the incorrect font, size and color. Now fixed. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Version 0.99.30 (Beta) ... Released 08/28/92 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This was the initial Beta release of RIPterm.