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╤╫╦╥╥ ╓4.2 UPGRADE. 18 ╞EB 1994
╘HIS DOCUMENT DETAILS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ╤╫╦╥╥ ╓4.1 AND ╓4.2. FOR
MOST FEATURES PLEASE REFER TO THE ╤╫╦╥╥ ╓4.1 DOCUMENTATION.
╘HE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS HAVE ALL BEEN ADDRESSED.
├═─ ╞─XX INCOMPATABILITY.
┴ <╚>EADER MODE LOCKUP.
╔NCORRECT CURSOR POSTIONING WHEN ABORTING QUOTE MODE.
╧CCASIONAL SCREEN CORRUPTIONS FROM ─╧╙ PROMPTS.
╔NABILITY TO UNDEFINE ADDRESS BOOK ENTRIES.
┴T LEAST TWO OTHER MINOR PROBLEMS, BUT ╔ FORGET WHAT THEY ARE :-)
╬EW FEATURES.
╩OYSTICK PORT NOW SELECTABLE. ╔T WILL ALWAYS DEFAULT TO PORT#2 UPON
RUNNING ╤╫╦╥╥. ┴LTHOUGH IN PORT#1 IT WORKS FINE IN MOST CASES, THERE
ARE SIDE EFFECTS AT TIMES BECAUSE THIS PORT IS LINKED TO THE KEYBOARD.
╘HE MOST NOTABLE EFFECT BEING THAT IF YOU PRESS THE SPACE BAR AT A PAGE
BREAK (WHILST PORT#1 IS ACTIVE) THE MESSAGE WILL BE <═>ARKED AS IF YOU
HAD PRESSED THE FIRE BUTTON. ╔T CAN BE DOWNRIGHT ANNOYING. ╘HERE IS NO
SUCH CONFLICT WITH PORT#2.
┴LSO, THE JOYSTICK IN PORT#1 CAN HAVE OTHER ADVERSE AFFECTS IF YOU USE
IT IN A SITUATION WHERE JOYSTICK SUPPORT ISN'T INTENDED (SUCH AS IN THE
EDITOR).
╘HE OPTION IS THERE THOUGH, BUT ╔ DO URGE YOU TO USE PORT#2 INSTEAD.
╩OYSTICK NOW USABLE FOR QUOTES.. JOY UP/DOWN = TEXT UP/DOWN
FIRE = QUOTE THE TEXT : LEFT/RIGHT = EXIT QUOTE MODE.
┴ NEW UTILITY PROGRAM "╤╨┴" HAS BEEN ADDED. ╤╨┴ IS A STAND-ALONE
UTILITY BY ╥USS ╨RATER TO CREATE ┴╥├ FILES). ╘HIS IS BECAUSE IT NOW
TURNS OUT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE NOW USING ┬┬╙'S THAT DON'T SUPPORT
CROSS-ARCHIVING.. ╔╧╫, IF THEY DOWNLOAD IN ┴╥├, THEN THEY MUST ALSO
UPLOAD IN ┴╥├.
┴S WELL AS INCLUDING THIS PROGRAM ╔ HAVE ADDED ANOTHER EXIT MENU OPTION
╤╨<┴> BOOT.
╙ELECING THIS OPTION WILL <╠>INK THE REPLYS, THEN LOAD/RUN ╤╨┴.
╤╨┴ WILL DO A CHECK TO SEE IF IT HAS BEEN LOADED VIA ╤╫╦╥╥ AND IF SO IT
WILL USE THE SAME FILENAMES AND DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS AS DEFINED BY
╤╫╦╥╥ ITSELF.
╤╨╪ HAS BEEN UPGRADED SO THAT ├═─ OWNERS NOW NO LONGER NEED TO EDIT THE
ACTUAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO DEFINE PATHS. ╘HESE ARE NOW EDITABLE VIA
PROMPTS.
╨╠┼┴╙┼ ╬╧╘┼: ╫HEN EDITING THESE PATHS DO ╬╧╘ ADD THE "/:" AT THE END OF
THE PATH AS ╤╨╪/╤╨┴ WILL DO THIS FOR YOU. ┬E SURE YOU INCLUDE A
PARTITION NUMBER AT THE START OF THE STRING.
╔F THESE LINES ARE LEFT BLANK THEN "0:" IS ASSUMED.
╔N BOTH ╤╨╪ AND ╤╨┴ THESE PATH STRINGS ARE SAVED WITH THE OTHER
DEFAULTS IF YOU ANSWER ┘┼╙ TO THE "SAVE DEFAULTS" OPTION.
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├╒╙╘╧═╔╙╔╬╟.
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┴S RELEASED ╤╫╦╥╥ WILL DO A COLD RESET WHEN YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM. ╔F A
WARM EXIT IS REQUIRED THEN YOU MUST HOLD THE SHIFT KEY WHILST SELECTING
YOUR EXIT OPTION.
╞OR THOSE OF YOU THAT WOULD PREFER A ╫┴╥═ RESET TO BE THE NORM, THEN
POKE 48432, 240
╘O RESTORE IT BACK TO A COLD RESET POKE 48432, 208
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╤╫╦╥╥ CURRENTLY SCANS ALL DRIVES LOOKING FOR A ├═─ ╥╘├.
╘HESE ARE PRETTY QUICK ROUTINES AND SHOULD CAUSE NO PROBLEMS. ╚OWEVER,
IT HAS BEEN BOUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THESE ROUTINES CAN CAUSE
LOCKUPS WITH SOME PRINTER INTERFACES (╪ETEC ╟OLD?).
┘OU CAN EFFECTIVELY DISABLE THESE ROUTINES WITH A:
POKE 24990, 16
┴LTERNATIVLY, IF YOU DO HAVE A ├═─ DRIVE WITH A ╥╘├ THEN POKING THIS
LOCATION WITH THE DRIVE NUMBER (8-16) WILL CAUSE ╤╫╦╥╥ TO EXTRACT THE
TIME ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT THUS AVOIDING THE REST OF THE SCAN.
EG, IF YOU HAVE A ├═─ HARD DRIVE WITH ╥╘├ AS DEVICE #12 THEN:
POKE 24990, 12
╫┴╥╬╔╬╟: ╨OKING A VALUE OUTSIDE THE 8-16 RANGE ╫╔╠╠ CAUSE ╤╫╦╥╥ TO
LOCK-UP.
╨OKE 24990, 8 RESTORES THINGS BACK TO NORMAL.
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╤╫╦╥╥ ╓4.1 & ╓4.2 USES "TRUE" ╘┴┬ STOPS.
┴LTHOUGH THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO SET/CLEAR THESE FROM WITHIN QWKRR
ITSELF THE MORE ADVENTUROUS AMONG YOU CAN DO THIS VIA ┬ASIC PRIOR TO
RUNNING ╤╫╦╥╥. ╘HIS CAN EVEN BE PERFORMED VIA ╤╨╪ OR SIMPLY WRITING A
CUSTOM LOADER.
┼SSENTIALLY ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS POKEING THE TAB STOPS IN LOCATIONS
852-861
╘HE CORRECT VALUES TO POKE ARE NOT QUITE STRAIGHT FORWARD THOUGH. ╔
HAVE FOUND THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO OBTAIN THESE VALUES IS TO LET THE
COMPUTER DO IT FOR YOU.
╘HIS IS A MATTER OF PRESSING ┼╙├ THEN "Z" TO CLEAR THE STOPS.
PLACE THE CURSOR IN THE COLUMN WHERE YOU WANT YOUR ╘┴┬ STOP. ╘HEN PRESS
├╘╥╠-╪ TO SET IT. ═OVE THE CURSOR TO YOUR NEXT ╘┴┬ POSITION, THEN
ANOTHER ├╘╥╠-X TO SET.
╥EPEAT FOR ALL TEN TAB STOPS.
╘O CHECK YOUR STOPS JUST PRESS THE TAB KEY. ╔F THESE ARE TO YOUR LIKING
THEN ╨┼┼╦ LOCATIONS 851-861 AND WRITE DOWN THE NUMBERS GIVEN.
(DO ALL THIS IN DIRECT MODE).
╬EXT, LOAD ╤╫╦╥╥ AND AT SOME STAGE BEFORE THE LINE TO LOAD ╤╫╦╥╥ ADD A
LINE TO POKE THE VALUES YOU JUST FOUND BACK INTO LOCATIONS 851 TO 861.
╘HIS WILL CAUSE ╤╫╦╥╥ TO USE THESE TAB STOPS EACH TIME YOU LOAD ╤╫╦╥╥
FROM ╤╨╪.
╞UTURE UPGRADES WILL PROBABLY HAVE FACILITIES TO SET THESE FROM WITHIN
╤╫╦╥╥ ITSELF. ╔ OFFER THIS SUGGESTION TO THOSE THAT DON'T LIKE THE
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8 DEFAULTS.
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╤╫╦╥╥ WILL AUTOMATICALLY SCRATCH IT'S REPLY FILES WHILE LINKING OR
ZIPPING. ╘HIS IS MAINLY TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING OUT OF DISK
SPACE DURING THESE OPERATIONS.
╔N SOME INSTANCES THOUGH IT MAY BE DESIRABLE TO PREVENT THIS SCRATCHING
PROCESS.
╘HIS CAN BE ACHEIVED BY
POKE 24201, 234
POKE 24202, 234
POKE 24203, 234
╔T IS THEN YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH
DISK SPACE TO HOLD ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL REPLYS PLUS YOUR ╥┼╨ OR ═╙╟
FILE.
┴LSO BE AWARE THAT BY *NOT* SCRATCHING THE ┬┬╙╔─.╥XXX FILES YOU RUN THE
RISK OF INADVERTANTLY RE-INCLUDING THEM IN YOUR NEXT REPLY PACKET TO
THAT ┬┬╙.
POKE 24201, 32
POKE 24202, 156
POKE 24203, 56
RESTORES THINGS BACK TO NORMAL.
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╔ AM ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT WITH ALMOST ANY CUSTOM MODIFICATIONS OR
CHANGES REQUIRED TO ENHANCE YOUR USAGE OF ╤╫╦╥╥, SO IF YOU DO NEED
SOMETHING "DIFFERENT" THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
╤╫╦╥╥ DOES CONTAIN SEVERAL "HACKER" TRAPS AND ALTHOUGH NON-DESTRUCTIVE
SOME OF THE TRAPS CAN HAVE DELAYED AND/OR UNEXPECTED RESULTS. ╔T WILL
OFTEN PAY TO NOTIFY ME OF ANY CUSTOM CHANGES YOU MAY MAKE, THIS WAY ╔
WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU FAIR WARNING THAT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF SETTING
OFF ONE OF THESE TRAPS.
├HEERS
╥OD