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- Current version in effect - ESC 1.5 (1.58)
-
- 04/04/93
-
- Final tests before 1.58 release. If you have anything that
- says 1.57 please delete and replace the entire package with
- 1.58
-
- 04/03/93
-
- Fixed the lack of port locking at 38.4k speeds (mail.bat). Was
- using atoi (integer logic) instead of atol (long integer).
-
- 04/01/93
- 13:10p
-
- Removed references to NoArc in the route and squish.cfgs
- They did nothing the way they were being used. NoArc and
- NoPkt are for specific TOSSing applications. They do
- nothing with or for packing.
-
- 04/01/93
-
- Added module to update binkley.lng with correct version
- number
-
- 03/30/93
- 12:30pm
-
- Escutil (Xarea) will optionally remove msg data files as
- well as references from the configuration.
-
- 03/23/93
-
- Fixed AutoMessage Addresses above 255 (network) bug!
- incorporated the EscColor utility into Escutil (-c).
- Erase ESCSEMC.COM if you have it.
-
- 03/18/93
-
- Changed ESCSEMC.COM's logic. Hopefully made it easier to
- configure colors.
-
- Changed the compress.cfg which esc generates to handle ARC
- option mail through PAK.
-
- 03/13/93
- 5:11pm
-
- Added ESCSEMC.COM and modified ESCDO (ESC Quick Menu #3)
- to offer a color setting utility.
- ESC_Set_Esc_Menu_Colors.
-
- 03/11/93
- 10:34am
-
- Modified esctext.dat (compress.cfg) area to use PAK to
- handle ARC archiving methods. Commented out the use of
- PKPAK and PKUNPAK. They appear to be too difficult to
- readily find by the general public.
-
- 03/03/93
- 02:10am
-
- Added color for TimEd
- Esc now builds MSGED.CFG for 2.2b
-
- 02/24/93
- 02:30am
-
- Made CMMenu selection default to CMB instead of LIST for
- the MAIL.BAT and ESCTEXT.DAT. Going to add the global
- option for CMB or LIST in the ESC editor BOSS section.
-
- Fixed DRWRK option bug in escdo.com for QUICK menus.
-
- 02/23/93
- 13:23pm
-
- Using CMB instead of LIST because it is mousable
-
- 02/23/93
- 03:02am
-
- CMMenu system now in place
-
- 02/03/93
- 09:08am
-
- Added option to choose between CM, Quick and Batch menu
- interface. CM (pull down menus) modifications still
- pending.
-
- Added Hotkey option in initial setup module after Batch
- Menu choice.
-
- 02/02/93
- 11:30am
-
- Tweeked nodelist module for net 157 users (bug).
- Added TimEd support modules. Altered escdo.com to
- accommodate the change.
-
- 01/06/93
- 13:00pm
-
- Fixed 2 bugs in escdo.com.
- (1) inbound file size tally was being counted and
- added each time a shell to dos was performed.
- (2) Inbound LIST file functions didn't work because
- LIST would lose the path even though files were
- properly displayed (kind of a LIST buglet).
-
-
- 12/21/92
- 02:09am
-
- Fixed a bug in the shell to dos on both the
- escdo.com and esc.exe. Program got lost if user
- changed dirs or drive and then exited back to
- program (sheesh).
-
- Dressed the mail menus a little. Missing
- features are displayed with a series of dots.
- Added a file size count (mail files) display
- as well as resident free drive space.
-
- 12/13/92
- 18:00pm
- ESC 1.57b
-
- Fixed nodelist.001 to correctly apply zone one
- to the systems which should be and user's zone
- to the ones which should be different.
-
- 12/2/92
- 9:16am
-
- F10 - shell to dos added to Esc Editor menu.
-
- Proceeding with final testing before sending out
- through Treasure Island (SDS - SoftDist).
-
- 12/1/92
- 10:10am
-
- Added function to detect alien (archive default)
- configs, back them up and have Esc treat them as
- though they didn't exist in the directory. The
- presence of the "original" default configuration
- file(s) for Binkley, Squish, Msged, Golded etc.
- has been a long standing problem for new users who
- simply reported that Esc "didn't work as advertised".
-
- * NOTE - removal of the line with "created by ESC"
- will cause Esc to treat that file as an alien, back
- it up as a .bak file. Hence, custom edits will be not
- be read in. In other words, don't remove that line!
-
- 11/23/92
- 11:52am
-
- Esc now retains secondary addresses in the squish
- and binkley config files when RE-writing them.
-
- 11/21/92
- 8:06pm
-
- Added ESC-GT.COM to archive. A utility which adds
- some intelligence to the inbound and outbound area
- processing. The addition is for and from Georges
- Troupin who supplied the batch language.
-
- 11/18/92
- 2:47am
-
- Added badwazoo, *.bad, *.rsp and unknown file
- detection for inbound area. To be shown on the
- 1st mail menu screen.
-
- 11/8/92
-
- COMPRESS.CFG data is now in the ESCDATA.TXT file.
- Therefore it won't be necessary to include it in
- the distribution archive.
-
- 11/7/92
- 2:05
-
- Added New area (bad.sqd size) detection in the
- Escdo.com. The letter 'A' will either flash or be
- intense while the bad.sqd is larger than 256 bytes.
-
- 11/4/92
- 11:16am
-
- Added F2 - F9 personal menu functions to all menu
- types. Modified Escdo / Escutil to accept changes.
-
- 10/26/92
- 11:50am
-
- Esc now stores much of its text in an external
- file named ESCDATA.TXT. This file MUST be present
- in order for Esc to operate. Also removed the
- module which builds the binkley.lng and compress
- cfg files. This causes Esc to use far less memory
- than previously at the risk of any one of these
- files being absent will cause the system to fail.
- Will include all three files in the archive with
- a warning that they must not be moved or erased.
- found and fixed a display bug in the nodelist
- editor concerning option J.
-
- 10/23/92
-
- Added F2 - personal menu item feature. (JB)
- Changed F1 shell to dos to F10.
-
- 10/21/92
- 11:45am
-
- Quick Menus are now defaulted on setup. Added
- a SHELL to Dos feature as per Jim Ball's sug.
- and Bob Jarvis' code.
-
- 10/18/92
- 2:33pm
-
- Added Quick Menu option. Semi hard coded menu
- options pop up fast and many options respond
- more quickly. Toggle is currently in the Misc
- and Bossnode change menu. Mail.bat must be
- rewritten for change. (no color for menus yet).
- Considering making Quick Menus default.
-
- 10/10/92
- 11:20am
-
- SEND option (Escutil) searches for file before
- blindly creating the flo attach.
- Cleaned some code in the mail.bat module to speed
- the writing up and free a little memory. Added
- BBS mod instructions ESCBBS.TXT for the mail.bat.
-
- 10/6/92
- 8:29am
- esc1.55b
-
- Fixed display mite in ESCDO. If no args other than
- hotkey and / or timer then nothing displayed when
- timeout occurs.
- Fixed display mite in SYSTEM menu for fossil choice.
- Left out the 'N' (for NONE) in the display line.
-
- 10/1/92
- 3:00am
- esc1.54
-
- Sent to Treasure Island to be released into the SDS
-
- 9/30/92
- 3.17am
- esc1.54
-
- Added timeout function to ESCDO. Uses !n somewhere
- in the argument list. 'n' is a decimal figure which
- represents a number of seconds escdo waits before
- defaulting to the first errorlevel from the list.
-
- 9/26/92
- 1:22pm
- esc1.53b
-
- Do to conflicts in the past with the Golded.Cfg. Esc
- now scans any Golded.Cfg file found in the same
- directory. If it doesn't appear to have been created
- by Esc, it gets backed up and rewritten.
-
- Added Auto Answer option (BOSSNODE) menu.
- Xlaxnode.ctl now keeps dialing and password info in
- tact.
-
- 9/22/92
- 12:51pm
- esc1.53b
-
- Added Comm fossil option to setup mode and SYSTEM
- menu. NONE - for those who load their fossil from
- the config.sys or autoexec.bat. This just leaves a
- blank line in the pertinent batch files which ESC
- creates.
-
- Added code to detect for a non Esc golded.cfg (sigh).
- This should keep unwanted parms from being pulled in
- when Esc parses an old golded.cfg which isn't its
- own.
-
- Found and omitted a bug in the msged backup module
- concerning the Uucp statement.
-
- 9/14/92
- 10:19am
- esc1.53b
-
- Added to the PollMkr function. Now allows for all
- flavors of flo files, f/reqs and f/attach.
-
- The second half of the scan codes are no longer
- displayed with associated invalid keypresses in ESC
- and ESCDO.
- Change chirp in Esc and Escdo WoW!
-
- 9/13/92
- 12:14pm
- esc1.53b
-
- Amended the Squish.Cfg so the :
- ;DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER THE ESC MAXMSG LINE BELOW!!
- ;ESC MaxMsg = -$m200
- signal is no longer required. Static message base
- size is now handled from the Esc.Cfg entirely.
-
- 9/11/92
- 4:06pm
- esc1.53b
-
- Added UUCP item to BOSS menu section.
- AutoToss toggle now affects Binkley in the
- unattended mode.
-
- 9/5/92
- 11:01pm
- esc1.53b
-
- Made all settings non volatile. Netarea type,
- autotoss, polltries and wimm status are captured
- in the esc.cfg and restored when bringing up Esc.
-
- 9/5/92
- 6:12am
- esc1.53b
-
- Cleaned Escutil a little. Fixed the strange
- display problem with the timer list as it moved.
- It seems the remedy is to NOT let the clock be
- updated if the list is about to move.
-
- 9/4/92
- 8:50am
- esc1.53b
-
- Added NetArea Type option to BOSS change menu per
- suggestion by Jim Allonby. This (volatile) toggle
- permits the default netmail area type (*.msg for
- a NODE or squish for POINTS) to be overidden. Now
- Working on a concise way to make these settings
- permanent. I don't want to add them into the over
- laden config.
-
- 8/30/92
- 2:39pm
- esc1.53b
-
- Released Esc 1.52 into the SDS yesterday.
- Trimming down for 1.53b. No longer writes the
- Areas.BBS, Poll.bat and DoMsged.bat files. They
- were superfulous. Removed "most" references to
- Os2.
-
- 8/26/92
- 3:52am
- esc1.52
-
- Automessage now reads the netmail area and numbers
- one up from high message.
-
- Added Ansi console options instead of Ansi.com
- or nothing. DVansi is now one of the toggles.
- Added Ansi control section to dox.
-
- 8/24/92
- 8:54am
- esc1.52
-
- Added SBC (set binkley colors) option to the
- 2nd menu. Changed the appearance of the menus.
- Fixed the (out of 157) net AutoMatic Message
- addressing problems. Updated the docs and
- cleaned up some code.
-
- 8/22/92
- 7:11am
- esc1.52b
-
- Added item 'K' - POLLMKR to menu #3.
- Allows you to make either a normal or crash zero
- length file in the outbound for any address you
- wish. An almost insignificant item except for
- those who have a need for it. One reason to use
- it is to slow down the intervals for polling.
- Another would be for use with event flags.
-
- 8/20/92
- 12:02am
- esc1.52b
-
- Changed 1.msg name to 32767.msg.
- Added AUTOTOSS option to the BOSSNODE change
- menu. Fixed an annoying feature which dumps
- you back to the beginning of the setup if you
- press the escape key at the picklist writeout
- menu. It now moves you to the EDITOR menu.
- Fixed a problem concerning recurrent loading
- of ansi.com in the MAIL.BAT. Error Spotted by
- Chris Mann (thanks Chris).
- Added POLLTRIES to the BOSSNODE change menu.
-
- AUTOTOSS and POLLTRIES are volatile items in
- that they are in effect only during the current
- editing/writing session. Each time the ESC
- editor is invoked, those defaults are displayed
- @ default value. They may be changed and the
- change will be written to the appropriate file
- but a subsequent write will put those values
- back to default.
-
- 8/18/92
- 2:15pm
- esc1.52b
-
- 1.msg is created on a new setup in the NETMAIL
- subdirectory (if it exists) and addressed
- back to 157/534 for verification of
- installation.
-
- 8/15/92
- 5:00a
- esc1.51
-
- Added the ability to define added areas using
- the ADDMAN function as local and unbounded by
- appending either an asterisk (*) or /# to the
- end of the areaname. The # representing digits.
- So far, if an area is defined as local it will
- also be unbounded (no static message limit).
- The function doesn't permit defining an area as
- a local area with a static limiter. I may add
- that feature although a local area can be
- adjusted now with the SETSIZE function.
-
- Hopefully fixed the loss of the color statements
- from the Msged.Cfg routine (when using the color3
- option).
-
- 8/13/92
- 2:30p
- esc1.51
-
- Cleaned up some coding and worked at some bullet
- proofing (ha). Found a major bug in the NoArc
- option and exterminated it (I hope). Sorted out the
- routing further and updated the docs by adding the
- ROUTING section.
-
- 8/12/92
- 1:40p
- esc1.51
-
- Changed the way the ROUTE.CFG is built for both points
- and nodes.
- Added nodelist directory option to the NODELIST
- menu.
-
- 8/9/92
- 10:56p
- esc1.51
-
- Changed Route.Cfg to route WORLD to host rather than
- Z:ALL. Found Squish was placing mail destined for other
- zones in their own directory rather than routing thru
- host system.
-
- 8/8/92
- 10:30a
- esc1.51
-
- Added LIST Squish and Msgtrack log options to the #2
- menu (if they exist). Changed the ESCUTIL.EXE cosmetics
- and removed the query to update each control file
- separately. It now asks to update the ESC all control
- files (at once) instead.
-
- Optimized some code in the ESC.EXE concerning repeated
- statements.
-
- 8/7/92
- 11:30a
- esc1.51
-
- Added the domain to the boss' address in the binkley
- config file. Thanks Mike Christian for supplying
- that information.
-
- 8/5/92
- 12:57p
- esc1.51
-
- Finally fixed the EscTimer display. Added Crash Poll
- feature to EscTimer. Added comments to display about
- editing the ESCTIMER.LST with a text editor.
-
- Added search for USERNAME to the Golded backup
- module. Otherwise, USERNAME wouldn't be updated on
- consecutive re-writes of the Golded.cfg.
-
- 8/3/92
- 1:32a
- esc1.51
-
- Renamed DOTHIS.COM to ESCDO.COM .. fixed the scan
- code key problem.. Replace the bell error with a
- chirp.
-
- Added VIEWLOG option to menu #2 to view the binkley
- log (if it exists).
-
- Altered the order of the files written from the
- picklist.
-
- 8/1/92
- 12:35
- esc1.50
-
- The EscTimer can save a list of poll times and offer
- to use them on subsequent calls.
-
- 7/29/92
- 13:01
- esc1.49*
-
- Added inbound mail detection to the timer. If mail
- has arrived after a timed poll has occurred, the word
- 'InBound' will appear on the little timer display.
-
- It also appears that the creation of (short) new area
- names which have periods imbedded in them are being
- created correctly now.
-
- 7/28/92
- 08:16
- esc1.49*
-
- Georges Troupin of 2:293/2201 reported a squish file
- name creation bug in which the '.' is retained in
- the AREA: name IF it is under 8 characters in length.
- I believe it is fixed with this addition to the code.
-
- {
- /* NO '.' in filename */
- if(strchr(newar, '.')!=NULL) *strchr(newar, '.') = '_';
- }
-
- Also, the recommendation for Qnode to produce the
- fidouser.lst was taken. Esc must now be able to find
- QNODE.EXE and QIDX.EXE.
-
- 7/24/92
- 10:25a
- esc1.49
-
- Added a TIMER function to the 3rd screen of the
- MAIL menu. This allows up to 20 user set times for
- Esc to poll out.
-
- Changed all calls from NEWAREA.EXE to ESCUTIL.EXE
- due to the significant change to it and to avoid
- confusion on older setups. Esc now deletes the
- NEWAREA.EXE and (DOTHIS-.COM) on an update install.
-
- Currently working on an automatic message generator
- for new setups.
-
- 7/24/92
- 10:08a
- esc1.48
-
- Fixed Newarea.exe.. If Msged and Squish message area
- declaration were out of sync the Msged.cfg wasn't
- being updated correctly.
-
- Added a SWAP DRIVE question in the setup and option in
- the Esc Editor mode. Squish, Binkley, Msged and Golded
- will all use it. Esc now creates a separate editor
- batch file called Msgedit.bat for Binkley (in the
- unattended mode), which will call it up if ALT E is
- pressed. Esc creates a GOTMAIL.BAT for Binkley which
- can be utilized by removing the semicolon before the
- binkley token AFTERMAIL. This would be of primary
- interest if you want your mail to be automatically
- tossed after it is received (binkley unattended mode).
-
- Esc creates an OKFILE.LST for node setups. Added the
- OKFILE token to the Binkley.cfg to support it.
-
- Changed the Esc Picklist menu/display. Incorporated
- the non changing batch files into one item called
- MISC FILES. A few other files are also incorporated
- into other items on the picklist to save space and
- simplify the appearance.
-
- 7/11/92
- 10:14p
- esc1.47
-
- Added YABOM support.
- Now saves the function declarations from Msged.Cfg
- Supports DOMAIN addressing.
- Node setup handles 4d points
- Bugs hammered (still on the hunt though).
-
- 6/12/92
- 11:00
- esc1.46
-
- Added WIMM support.
- Added Xlaxnode support.
- Now saves and implants message and squish area
- declaration from old configuration into upgrade.
- Changed Newarea.exe to list static message barrier
- information (ie -$m250) along with area name.
-
- 6/4/92
- 12:20a
-
- Found some rewrite errors for the password and
- pointnet. Changed DOTHIS so DOTHIS- is no longer
- needed by adding a hotkey toggle (*h). Having an
- intermittent problem with the boss not being found
- in the nodelist after Qnode does its thing. Seems
- running Qnode a second time fixes it ???
-
- 6/2/92
- 08:30p
- esc1.44
-
- Fixed sharing violation. <blush>
-
- 5/30/92
- 10:15p
- esc1.43
-
- Fixed system type conversion bugs (hope) and added
- Esc menu hotkey/coldkey *) option.
-
- 5/29/92
- 08:13a
- esc1.41
-
- Added the new Binkley 2.55 language file support.
- Thanks for sending it Bret Johnson!
-
- 5/25/92
- 01:51p
- esc1.4
-
- Significant changes required an additional parameter
- to be inserted in the esc.cfg. Therefore Esc has to
- be run from scratch, wiping out old files. Here are
- the major changes.
-
- 1. Version 7 nodelist support (Jim Allonby's request)
- This means that Qnode must be present rather than
- Parselst and Qsort. Compile time was greatly reduced.
- Bonk 1.74 must be used to edit Esc's nodelist.
- 2. 4d points are fully supported now instead of the
- old kludge of faking it in with the NODE setup.
- 3. User input barriers should keep unusually long
- answers from munging the program.
- 4. Msged 2.1 features added to configuration.
-
- 4/25/92
- 04:00a
- esc1.3t
-
- Thanks to Bret Johnson of 1:226/1140 the following
- obscure problem was pointed out and remedied.
-
- NEWAREA.EXE now handles long area names and parses them
- in an attempt to make a unique filename for squish. Was
- having a problem with internet type news group names.
- GOLDED message editor support added.
- Reworked HELP messages in mail.bat
- Fixed option Y and Z to allow toggle if 4d (NODE)
- settings were chosen.
-
- 4/18/92
- 07:10a
- esc1.3p
-
- NEWAREA.EXE now handles the duties of XAREA.EXE. Xarea
- has been discarded. Changed MAIL menu to implement the
- change. Broke the Squish menu in two. Also added BONK
- as a nodelist editor item to the new third menu. Made
- some cosmetic changes to the MAIL menus. Found that I
- had broken the ADDMAN feature to wipe out all area
- entries in the MAIL.BAT after running it (YIKES!). Fix
- it..
-
- 4/08/92
- 06:33a
- esc1.3i
-
- Repaired SETSIZE to sort message area size figures
- as well as the names. The area numbers could be entered
- out of chronological order and then sorted. Setsize was
- not moving the size values with the area numbers.
- Added a DIRECT mode from the MAIL menu for direct calls.
- Removed the BINKMODE from the system editor because of
- the feature just mentioned. Broke the second menu into
- two parts because it was getting too large. "Tried" to
- make them clearer. Also edited the help information.
-
- 4/04/92
- 09:15a
- esc13.e
-
- Removed outbound file detection from mail menu.
- I forgot that outbound bundles are zeroed rather than
- deleted, Oops.. Added a new feature to the Squish
- menu from the Mail menu. LSTAREA, lists the echoareas
- found in the squish.cfg.
-
- 4/03/92
- 17:00
-
- Added outbound file detection to Mail menu. ESC only
- checks for version NUMBERS (not letter extension) for
- total rebuilding of configuration. Rebuilds will only
- occur for radical upgrades.
-
- 4/02/92
- 08:00
-
- Changed NEWAREA.EXE to accept -a command line switch.
- Now allows user to manually add new areas to configs.
- Updated ESC.EXE to create new MAIL.BAT which puts this
- feature (AREAMAN) into it. Updated to docs for feature.
- Added version detection module. Fixed MAIL.BAT display.
-
- 4/01/92
- 17:15
-
- Corrected informational errors in docs and programs
- concerning SQSet. Cleaned up some online info, making
- it more comprehensible (hopefully). Trimmed some coding
- in the setup module.
-
- 3/31/92
- 23:15
-
- Added second address line to squish.cfg as per Bill
- Eastman's observation. Incorporated version and point
- type (3d / 4d) into esc.cfg for future processing. fixed
- display (window) problem in editor mode (escape key).
-
- 3/30/92
- 00:00
-
- Mail.bat now requires DOTHIS.COM instead of ASK_BAT.
- ForwardTo and ForwardFrom have been commented out in the
- Squish.Cfg.
-
- 3/24/92
- 07:30
-
- Picklist menu changed. Blocks which replaced check marks
- have been replaced with blank spaces to avoid checked file
- confusion. Also, ESC.CFG check remains sticky. It has to
- be deleted manually. This is an attempt to keep someone
- from changing a file but not have the change recorded in
- the ESC.CFG.
-
- 3/21/92
- 18:00
-
- Route.Cfg is now parsed when rewriting it from the file Pick
- menu. Custom edits above the ; World Control line are saved.
-
- 3/20/92
- Here's the latest change: 16:25
-
- Added two more options. Binkmode and Routing...
-
- Binkmode allows you to choose whether Binkley will come up
- in the unattended or attended mode. This ONLY applies to a
- POINT setup and ONLY from the MAIL MENU. POLL always comes
- up in the ATTENDED (BT MAIL) mode.
-
- Routing allows you to choose to route all mail through your
- Boss or go direct. Of course you have to have the nodelist
- entries to support Direct routing.
-
- OBSOLETE - IGNORE WHAT IS BELOW!
-
- DELETE BINKLEY.LNG - Esc needs to write a new one.
-
- Copy ESC.EXE over your old one. Type ESC at your DOS prompt.
- You will be told you have a GRUNDGED CONFIG. Not to worry.
- Choose the "System" menu and examine the new options. When
- you're done write out the pertinent files listed below.
- NOTE the warning to delete your BINKLEY.LNG!
-
- BE SURE TO DELETE - BINKLEY.LNG and have ESC write out the
- BINKLEY.CFG - ROUTE.CFG and MAIL.BAT.. You can leave all
- else alone.
- --------------------------------------------------
-