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- READ CAREFULLY !
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- Simply run SETUP.EXE to create and generate PcConnect's
- file and directory structure and support files. You will
- need about a half a Meg of free disk space. Then run p.bat,
- and you are done! If you have any problems, and need to
- re-run SETUP.EXE, make sure the following files have been
- deleted from the current directory BEFORE re-running SETUP:
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- QUOTES.BBS - CONFIG.EXE - MENUS.COM - P.BAT
- QUEST1.QST - PCC.EXE - PCC.OVR
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- Gary
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- New Features:
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- V3.0 8-16-1989
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- 1) Long time since any updates. The latest version has a rewritten
- message area, and a new user database. Both of these changes
- increase performance, and provide better multiple node support.
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- 2) All the DIR.PCC files that used to reside in individual
- sub-directories are now placed into a single directory. This
- directory must be specified in the CONFIG. This was done
- to improve performance when running PcConnect on a network.
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- 3) Enhanced support for archives. PcConnect now supports PKARC,
- PKZIP, LHARC, and PAK. This is done through the use of Vern
- Buerg's excellent File View program FV116. All of these files
- MUST be present in your SYSTEM directory for View Arc to work.
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- 4) Added support for 9600 baud modems. At speeds of 9600 and 19200
- the serial ports are locked in, and the modem is responsible for
- syncing with the incoming caller. Error correction is also
- detected if the modem uses standard CONNECT convention. If yours
- does not, please contact Gary so that it can be added.
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- 4-1/2) Whoops. Seems new Hayes modems only allow locking of comm
- ports if they are in error correcting mode. A fix has been worked
- out using Hayes CARRIER and CONNECT statements. If your modem
- is a Hayes 9600, or supports the Hayes standard in this matter,
- this version should work fine. If it does not, let me know so
- I can get it to work.
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- 5) New messages pointers are now stored with the user. The old
- method merely used your last log-in date. The new method is
- far superior, and more accurate.
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- 6) If you are upgrading from Version 2 to Version 3, then you MUST
- get the files, NEWUSER, CMESS, and NEWFILES so that your old
- files can be converted to the new format. You also will probably
- want the new File Editor and User Editor. These and all protocols
- and all archiving programs can be found on my board.
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- The Programmer's Corner
- 301-596-1180 Washington DC Line
- 301-995-3744 Baltimore Line
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- 7) Thanks again to Jim Singleton and Keith Barney for helping find
- bugs, and offer suggestions. Also thanks to my users who have
- often had to put up with a bug or two while I was making changes.
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- V2.03B 9-18-1988
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- 1) Fixed Jim's problem with the screen blanker, all prompts and message
- area should work fine now. Thanks Jim, and sorry for the confusion.
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- 2) Added support for Jmodem and Wxmodem, the protocol's are on my system.
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- 3) Must place PCCARK in your SYSTEM directory, it is on my board. Drue
- wrote it, I now use it to do the View Arc, it is much faster then Pkarc.
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- 4) All ANSI bulletins must have their extensions changed from .AN? to .A?
- This is so that more then 9 bulletins can be present on the system at
- one time.
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- 5) Fixed a bug that hung the machine when deleting bulletins, sometimes.
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- 6) Added the Boyer-Moore method of string search for the Message and File
- areas. This provides about a doubling in speed when searching.
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- 7) The chat mode should be fully operational. Please let me know if there
- are any other problems with it. I hardly ever use it, so I do not have
- a chance to fully test it out.
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- V2.02 8-27-1988
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- 1) Fixes many minor problems with file area if no files existed
- in a given area. Thanks to Keith Barney for finding that problem.
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- 2) Fixes error in on-line sysop edit found by Jim Singleton.
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- 3) Fixed problems with the Node Chat feature, and improved speed
- in other multiple node features.
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- 4) Revised carrier checking and ring detect to solve a possible
- interrupt conflict on slower machines. Amazingly no one had
- this problem.
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- V2.01 7-31-1988
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- 1) Provide Full multi-node support through file-sharing and
- optimized background scheduler. Up to 5 nodes are supported
- which can be run on a network, or under a multi-tasking
- enviroment. Tuned to work with DesqView in 386 mode. Provides
- inter-node chatting, and other multiple-node features.
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- 2) Increased performance in message text searchs, and file searchs.
- Increased most by a factor of 3, can scan 2000 files in under 10
- seconds.
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- 3) Provided increased access control under the sysops direction.
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- 4) Trivia now makes match on soundex equivilence.
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- 5) Many features tuned, and many bugs ( most found by Jim Singleton,
- who provided LOTS of help, Thanks! ) have been taken care of.
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