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                 ╬┼╘╫╧╥╦ 64 ╓┼╥╙╔╧╬ 1.26 ╒╨─┴╘┼ ─╧├╒═┼╬╘┴╘╔╧╬
                             ═╧──┼─ ┬┘ ┴─┴═ ╞┴╬┼╠╠╧
                              ╫╔╘╚ ╘╚┼ ┴╙╙╔╙╘┴╬├┼
                                ╧╞ ╩┼┴╬╬┼ ═┴┬╥┘

           ╨RINT OUT AND READ THIS FILE ├╧═╨╠┼╘┼╠┘ BEFORE STARTING!!

╘HIS ─╧├ FILE IS FOR ╒╨─┴╘╔╬╟ FROM ╬ETWORK V1.24. ╔F YOU DO ╬╧╘ ALREADY RUN
╬ETWORK 1.24, READ THE NET64FULL.DOX FILE AND FOLLOW IT INSTEAD.

╬EW AND ├HANGED FILES IN THIS ╒╨─┴╘┼ ARE:
"^BBS.NW1 1.26" ╘HIS IS ONE OF THE TWO NEW MAIN NETWORK PROGRAM OVERLAYS.
"^BBS.NW2 1.26" ╘HIS IS THE SECOND NEW MAIN NETWORK PROGRAM OVERLAY.
"LTK.PATCH 1.26" ╘HIS MERGE FILE IS FOR ╪ETEC ╠T. ╦ERNAL. (╔'M ASSUMING
 THAT EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ─╧╙ 7.1 BY NOW.)
"NET SETUP 1.26" ╘HIS STAND-ALONE FILE ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE YOUR ╬ETWORK
  DRIVE, DEFINE A ╬ETWORK ╒/─ DIRECTORY, AND SPECIFY INDIVIDUAL NODE DATA.
"NET1.26-INIT.MRG" ╘HIS IS A FILE TO MERGE INTO '^BBS.INIT'.
"NET.PARMS UPDATE" ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL CONVERT YOUR OLD '^NTWRK.PARMS' FILE
  TO ╬ETWORK 1.26.
"^RLOG" & "^SLOG" ╘HESE ARE THE SEND AND RECEIVE LOGS FOR ╬ETWORK 1.26 FILE
  TRANSFERS. ╘HESE FILES MUST ┴╠╫┴┘╙ BE ON YOUR ╬ETWORK DRIVE!


                                - ╔╬╙╘┴╠┴╘╔╧╬ -

╘HE ACTUAL PROCESS TO UPDATE TO ╬ETWORK 1.26 IS RATHER SIMPLE. ╒NLIKE WHEN YOU
FIRST INSTALLED ╬ETWORK, THIS UPDATE ONLY MAKES A FEW CHANGES IN ^BBS.INI*,
AND THOSE ARE MOSTLY LINES THAT WHERE CHANGED BY ╬ETWORK 1.24 ANYWAY. ┴LL OTHER
CHANGES ARE IN THE ╬ETWORK OVERLAYS AND ╬ETWORK SETUP PROGRAMS THEMSELVES.

1. ├OPY "^BBS.NW1 1.26" AND "^BBS.NW2 1.26" TO YOUR PROGRAMS DRIVE, OR BOOT
   DISK IF YOUR USING AN ╥┼╒.
2. ╪ETEC ╠T. ╦ERNAL OWNERS MUST ╥╒╬ THE LTK.PATCH 1.26 PROGRAM. ╘HIS MERGES
   SOME ╠╘╦ CODE INTO YOUR NETWORK OVERLAYS, JUST LIKE THE OLD PATCH DID.
3. ═ERGE "NET1.26-INIT.MRG". ╘HIS PROGRAM WILL CHANGE A COUPLE LINES IN YOUR
   "^BBS.INIT" OVERLAY, THAT WHERE PREVIOUSLY ADDED BY ╬ETWORK 1.24.
4. ╥UN "NET.PARMS UPDATE" ┴S MENTIONED IN THE FILE LIST, THIS PROGRAM WILL
   CONVERT YOUR OLD '^NTWRK.PARMS' FILE TO ╬ETWORK 1.26.
5. ├OPY "^RLOG" & "^SLOG" TO YOUR ╬ETWORK DRIVE. ╘HESE FILES MUST ┴╠╫┴┘╙ BE
   PRESENT ON YOUR ╬ETWORK DRIVE!!

╘HAT'S IT! ┘OU SHOULD NOW BE CONFIGURED FOR ╬ETWORK 1.26!


                          - ╒╙╔╬╟ ╘╚┼ ╬┼╫ ╞┼┴╘╒╥┼╙ -

╙EVERAL NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN ╬ETWORK 1.26. ╘HESE CHANGES
RANGE FROM SIMPLE COSMETIC CHANGES, TO THE ADDITION OF ╬ETWORK ╞╔╠┼ ╘╥┴╬╙╞┼╥╙!
┴LL THE NEW FEATURES ARE ACCESSED FROM THE ╬ETWORK ═AINTENANCE ═ENU. ╘HIS MENU
IS ACCESSIBLE BY CHOOSING ╞3 FROM THE ╬ETWORK MENU, OR FROM ON-LINE AS DEFINED
IN ^BBS.SETUP.

╧PTION 6: ╬ODE ┴CCOUNT ╞ILE ┼DIT
╬OW WHEN SETTING THE ACCESS LEVEL OF A NODE, THE COMPUTER WILL SHOW YOU THE
NAME OF THE NODE TO WHICH IT IS BEING LINKED TO. ╘HIS HELPS PREVENT YOU FROM
ACCIDENTALLY LINKING AN ACCOUNT WITH THE WRONG NODE.

╧PTION 7: ┴TTACH A ╞ILE TO ╙END
╒SE THIS TO SEND A ╨╥╟ OR ╙┼╤ FILE TO ANOTHER NODE. ╘HAT NODE ═╒╙╘ BE RUNNING
╬ETWORK 1.26 FOR THIS TO WORK! ╔F YOU TRY TO SEND A FILE TO A ╬ETWORK 1.24
NODE, YOUR ┬┬╙ WILL LOG ONTO THE OTHER NODE, DISCOVER IT'S AN EARLY VERSION,
AND WON'T TRANSFER THE FILE.
╘HIS OPTION STARTS OUT ASKING FOR THE DEVICE NUMBER. ╞ROM HERE, YOU MAY CHOOSE
TO ENTER THE CHARACTER '>' INSTEAD. ╘HIS WILL TAKE YOU TO A ═╔╬╔-─╧╙. ╞ROM HERE
YOU MAY SWITCH DRIVES, READ DIRECTORIES, AND VIEW ╙┼╤ FILES. ┼NTER ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO
EXIT. ┴FTER YOU ENTER THE DEVICE NUMBER, YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR THE DRIVE NUMBER,
DRIVE COMMAND, AND FILE NAME ┴╙ ╔╘ ┴╨╨┼┴╥╙ ╧╬ ┘╧╒╥ ─╔╙╦. ╬EXT YOU ARE ASKED TO
ENTER THE NODE NUMBER YOU WISH TO SEND THE FILE TO. ┼NTER THE NUMBER OR ENTER
'?' FOR A LIST OF NODES. ┘OU MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO ENTER 'X' FOR A DEFAULT FILE
SEND. ╘HIS CAN THEN BE MULTI-SENT IN THE SAME WAY A MESSAGE IS. ┴FTER YOU HAVE
CHOSEN A NODE, THE ┬┬╙ ASKS IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE FILE TO BE DELETED AFTER IT
IS SENT. ┴FTER THIS, YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR THE FILE NAME ╞╧╥ ╘╚┼ ╥┼├┼╔╓╔╬╟ ╬╧─┼.
╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO KEEP THE SAME NAME AS THE FILE IS ON YOUR DISK. ╔F A FILE
DESCRIPTION IS FOUND FOR THE FILE YOU ARE SENDING, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DESCRIPTION SENT ALSO. ┴ FILE NAMED "^+FILE X", WHERE
'X' IS THE NODE NUMBER, WILL APPEAR ON YOUR ╬ETWORK DRIVE. ╘HIS FILE CONTAINS
INFORMATION ON THE FILE TO BE SENT. ╘HE ┬┬╙ DOES NOT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FILES
THAT MAY BE SENT, HOWEVER YOU SHOULD NOT EXCEED 20 FILES AT A TIME. ┘OU ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO SEND A MESSAGE WITH A FILE, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ═┴┘ SEND
ONE. ═ESSAGES AND FILES WILL BE SENT DURING THE SAME CALL. ╘HERE IS AN 18
MINUTE LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME A FILE TRANSFER MAY TAKE. ┴T 2400 BAUD,
ABOUT 450 BLOCKS CAN BE TRANSFERED IN 18 MINUTES. ╘HE COMPUTER WILL NOT ALLOW
YOU TO SEND FILES LARGER THAN 450 BLOCKS.

╧PTION 8: ╥EAD ╙END ╠OG
╧PTION 9: ╥EAD RECEIVE ╠OG
╘HESE OPTIONS WILL DISPLAY THE "^SLOG" AND "^RLOG" FILES. ╘HESE FILES PROVIDE A
MORE DETAILED, AND MORE LONG-TERM DESCRIPTION OF FILE TRANSFERS. ┴FTER VIEWING
YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT THE FILES TO BE CLEARED. ╔T'S BEST TO CLEAR THESE
FILES AFTER YOU READ THEM. ╘HEY WILL JUST CONTINUE TO GROW AND GROW UNTIL YOU
DO.


╙OME CHANGES HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO "NET SETUP":

┴ NEW OPTION DURING THE INITIAL QUESTIONS OF ╬ET ╙ETUP ASKS YOU JUST WHAT IT
SHOULD ─╧ WITH FILES RECEIVED THROUGH THE NETWORK. ┴T THIS PROMPT, YOU MAY
CHOOSE TO HAVE FILES PLACED IN A ╒/─ DIRECTORY OR HAVE THEM PLACED ON YOUR
╬ETWORK DRIVE. ┼NTER THE DIRECTORY LETTER OR '0' FOR YOUR ╬ETWORK DRIVE. ╔F YOU
CHOOSE TO HAVE THE FILES IN A ╒/─ DIRECTORY, THAT DIRECTORY WILL AUTOMATICALLY
BE UPDATED WHEN FILES ARE RECEIVED. (╫ORKS JUST LIKE ═ULTI-╒PLOAD.)

┘OU WILL ALSO BE ASKED IF YOU WANT FILES THAT ARE RECIEVED THROUGH NETWORK TO
BE HELD FOR YOUR RELEASE, OR IF YOU WANT THEM TO BE AVAILABLE RIGHT AWAY. ╘HIS
WORKS JUST LIKE NORMAL FILE TRANSFERS AND YOUR 'AUTO-RELEASE LEVEL' IN
BBS.SETUP. ╔F YOU HAVE FILES GOING TO YOUR ╬ETWORK DRIVE, THIS OPTION WILL
HAVE NO EFFECT.

┘OU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE ╨┼╥ ═┼╙╙┴╟┼ AND ╨┼╥ ─┴┘ PARAMETERS FOR EACH NODE
HAVE BEEN REMOVED. ╬ETWORK 1.26 SENDS MESSAGES AND FILES EVERY NIGHT. ╘HIS WAS
DONE BECAUSE OF A FEW FLAWS WITH THE OLD SYSTEM, AND BECAUSE MOST ┬┬╙'S DON'T
HAVE SUCH ACTIVE ╬ETWORK ACTIVITY FOR IT TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.


╘HE ╧╞╞-╚╧╧╦ MOD HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO ╬ETWORK 1.26, THIS WAY PEOPLE WON'T
BE TRYING TO CALL IN WHEN THE ┬┬╙ IS DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES OR UPDATING A U/D
DIRECTORY. ╘O USE ╧FF-╚OOK, YOU NEED TO HAVE ─╘╥ DISABLED. ╘O DO THIS, ANSWER
╬╧ TO ─╘╥ IN ^BBS.SETUP, AND ADD AN 'H0' TO THE END OF YOUR MODEM ╔╬╔╘ COMMAND.
╘HEN BOOT UP A TERM PROGRAM, SET IT TO YOUR MAXIMUM BAUD RATE, AND SEND THE
FOLLOWING MODEM COMMAND TO YOUR MODEM:

┴╘┌&─0&╫

╔F YOU LEAVE ─╘╥ ENABLED, THE ╧FF-╚OOK COMMANDS WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOUR
MODEM. ┴LSO, ╥┼═┼═┬┼╥ TO ADD THE 'H0' TO YOUR MODEM INIT COMMAND AS DEFINED IN
^BBS.SETUP! ╔F YOU FAIL TO DO SO, YOU COULD END UP WITH YOUR MODEM REMAINING
OFF-HOOK AT THE WAIT-FOR-CALLER SCREEN!


┴ SMALL MOD HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED BY THE "NET1.26-INIT.MRG". ╘HIS MOD ADDS A LINE
THAT WILL BEGIN TRYING TO NETWORK OUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF YOUR NETWORK
WINDOW. ╧LDER VERSIONS OF ╬ETWORK WOULD FAIL TO SEND ╬ETWORK OUT IF YOUR WINDOW
DID NOT START AT MIDNIGHT AND NOBODY CALLED DURING THE WINDOW. ╘HIS HAS BEEN
FIXED.


╙AM ╠EWIT HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO ASK FOR DONATIONS FOR THE UPDATE. ╔ HAVE SPENT
HUNDREDS (THOUSAND?) OF HOURS OVER MANY, MANY MONTHS, WORKING ON THIS UPDATE
FOR YOU. ╔ ONLY ASK FOR A DONATION OF WHATEVER YOU FEEL THIS UPDATE IS WORTH TO
YOU.

╙END DONATIONS TO:
                                 ┴DAM ╞ANELLO
                               4822 ╠ARWIN ┴VE.
                              ├YPRESS, ├┴ 90630