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READ ME FILE FOR ST ALADDIN VERSION 1.32 11/06/91
Whats new!!
Add Topic button to mail display/rt display
Improve the filename munging routine to better convert genie names to 8.3
Add support for ZMODEM mail
Add support for RAM dialog
Remove AirWarrier from special case list
Add check for previous Search or Browse in pass1
remove config.bookmark = TRUE (amiga code)
Add quoteing feature
Add Abort on Disk Full durring autopass
READ ME FILE FOR ST ALADDIN VERSION 1.3 08/25/91
Whats new!!
The Configuration page.
There is a new STAY button. When this is highlighted Aladdin will
stay online after the assigned task is finished. You will have to
manually log off.
The RT Setup Page.
You will find a new line called the Custom Pass line with three new
buttons. The Selected Days, Messages and Library buttons.
The Selected Days button:
This button will in most cases not be used by you. The only time you
would want to use this is if you might not want to read this RT on
certain days when doing a custom pass. In this case you would
unhighlight the day in the Pass 1 days line and select this button.
Then when doing a custom pass it would only read this rt on the days
selected.
Message button:
Selecting this button will tell Aladdin that you want to read this
Roundtables Message base each time you do a custom pass.
Library button:
Selecting this button will tell Aladdin that you want to check for
new files in this RT each time you do a Custom Pass.
The reason for these new buttons is to give you more power. Say you
log onto GEnie at 6:00 and do a Pass 1. 3 or 4 hours later you want
to log on and just check your mail box, and see if there are any new
messages in the ST Aladdin and Atari RT's. You would select the ST
Aladdin RT and the Atari RT in the RT setup pages and then when you
do a custom pass it will just read these two message bases and
logoff.
GE Mail
A slight change here. Aladdin will now read the mail first. This is
so that you can see instantly if you have any important mail to read
and reply to. If neccessary you can abort the pass by pressing the
escape key, read and reply to your mail and then start the pass over
again.
Minor Features and Bug Fixes:
Changed sort in Product index to ignore '*' so Genie*Basic and <800 pages
are close to each other.
Add support for intellegent EMAIL reply editing.
Optimized moves to the Software Library pages.
Add support for FAST! upload and download.
Added routine to make normalized pathnames.
Fixed a ZModem autostart bug.
Fixed the Software Library Prompt setting.
Removed BilingClock and logging.
Changed "GE Electronic Mail" to "GE Mail".
Added support for Cross Comunity Email.
Added Panic Abort, for Email with no Valid destination,
the Email is forwarded to the caller. (Make sure your MAIL name is correct!)
Added Support for retreiving EMAIL at the start of the call.
Change Password BACK to 900;2 (second time)
Made compare for EMAIL name in CC list case insensitive, no more CC's.
Corrected the double space when forwarding.
Added "'" to the script delimiter list, should make it more compatible with
PC and AMIGA aladdin.
Script Parser now lists the original line, not the expanded line.
Script's no longer are required to be in order.
Software library menu highlite is not correct.
Plain LOGON now wait's at Banner Page.
FAST! added in terminal menu.
XMODEM FILES are now FIFO.
Added space for bookmark's in EMAIL. (used to destroy Item:)
Disk FULL while indexing, reacts like user pressed ESC and kills the
connection.
Added Support for "BUSY" in the dialer
Added a new message to "ACTIVITY.TXT", "End of pass "STAY"ing online\n"
ZMODEM's "NON-SPECIFIC ERROR" is now "CRC ERROR"
Munged my ZMODEM, to handle a GENIE ZMODEM bug.
Added a config option for "STAY"ing online as default.
All option in MARK reply topic are now "sticky"
READ ME FILE FOR ST ALADDIN VERSION 1.23 04/15/91
Features:
Modified for the new GEnie SL menus.
Blinking cursor is now soild.
Minor editor bugs fixed.
Addition of automatic Banner page display when reading new messages.
Zmodem disk buffering
ST aladdin now allows the user to specify the path for the work
files, with this version, you _must_ create the directories yourself.
When ST Aladdin reads in a 1.2 or earlier config file it will change
the work filename to include the previous default "data" directory.
The only exception to this is the GEmail files, they must be moved to
the same directory as ALAD.PRG. (An exception to this is the beta
testers, their config still points to "data\mail".) When new RT's are
added the work file name defaults to the same directory as ALAD.PRG.
Compilation with new SAS compiler, will full optimization.
READ ME FILE FOR ST ALADDIN VERSION 1.2 01/10/90
This version is much faster then the original version of ST Aladdin
it also takes better advantage of Computers with large amounts of
memory. One of the ways it is faster is by using a larger disk
buffer. Aladdin ST has an entirely new editor, key stroke
compatible with the old one. Its just a world quicker and better!
Numerous little things were touched up and cleaned up.
UNDER THE FILE MENU BAR
In the Configuration Menu you have three new selections.
Non-Standard, this button should be left alone unless you are an
experienced GEnie/Aladdin user. When this option is off Aladdin tells
GEnie that this is Aladdin calling, and to use the optimal parameters
for this Aladdin session. When this option is selected you must
configure Aladdin, and GEnie to the same parameters before Aladdin
can function with GEnie.
Scroll, this handles how the system does the paging, if you want a
line left at the top of the screen or if you do not want a line left
at the top of the screen.
Bookmarks, with bookmarks on, when you exit the "read messages"
window, the current message number is saved in the file. The next
time you read that set of messages you will be positioned to the last
message you read. The nice thing about the way the bookmarks are
implemented, is that they are preserved between sessions, and are
only reset when a new set of messages come in.
UPDATE TOPIC LIST When you click on this choice Aladdin will call up
GEnie and update all the topic lists of the RTs you have selected in
the RT Config. (You should do this every few months to update your
index.. Topics do get moved and deleted)
BROWSE FILE The Browse file has been changed so that it will now
load a file as big as memory.
EDIT MENU
Like I mentioned previously this is a totally new editor. It has
been rewritten from the ground up. It uses the same commands as the
old one. One new feature was added. If you are reading a message in
Roundtable BB you can press ALT C and it will save the message to the
clipboard. Then you can go to write an Email or Reply to a message
and press ALT V and the message you saved to the clipboard will be
there. This will also work if you are replying to a message. Move
the cursor to the original message and press ALT C, then move the
cursor back to the reply window and press ALT V.
ROUNDTABLE MENU
You can now Mark and Unmark topics.
RTC mode, the space optimizer was removed (except for trailing
spaces)
Misc.
Category Selection Bug fixed.
Editor buffer will use all available memory.
Lost reply bug fixed.
DEADMAIL.TXT now correctly contains the contents of messages
that can not be posted.
SCRIPT LANGUAGE
Current executing script command is displayed in the title bar.
New command HHH ON|OFF turns on or off the sending of "HHH"
New keyword "AUTO" when used with the SCRIPT command, marks the
script to be used instead of the internal routines for dialing GEnie.
Pause command now gives up a time slice for incoming data
DAYOFWEEK syntax corrected
PROBLEMS
Some people are having problems with the modem not dialing or not
hanging up. If you have this problem please read Cat 1 Top 1 for
info on how to configure your modem. If that doesn't work you might
possibly need a new modem cable. Aladdin needs a modem cable with
all the pins connected.
DO NOT use copyfix.. If the original version of ICD's COPYFIX is in
your list of ACC's ST Aladdin will not function properly.
If you have any other problems or questions feel free to ask in the
ST Aladdin RT, There is no charge while you are in the BB section of
the RT.
Please Read Cat 1 Topic 1. Anything of earth shaking importance is
placed in here.
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