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- RemoteAccess 2.02 release notes
- ===============================
-
- Welcome to the 2.02 upgrade. With a few exceptions, this is a maintenance
- release. Some of the new features include full Internet support, and
- major performance enhancements in the JAM message-base handling. Check
- the WHATSNEW.202 file in this archive for a comprehensive list of changes
- since version 2.01.
-
- There is no upgrade fee for this version.
-
-
- How to upgrade from 2.00/2.01
- -----------------------------
-
- 1. Replace your executable files with the ones in this archive.
- 2. Update language prompts 662, 663 and 664 for all of your installed
- languages.
-
-
- Documentation changes
- =====================
-
- There are a number of features/notes which did not make it in time for the
- main documentation (unchanged since the 2.01 release). NOTE: The following
- changes do NOT include those in WHATSNEW.202:
-
-
- JAM message-base support
- ------------------------
- In order for JAM support to function correctly, you *MUST* have SHARE
- loaded. If you are unsure how to do this, check your DOS manual.
-
-
- RIP Support
- -----------
- This version of RemoteAccess has support for the online graphical protocol
- RIP (Remote Imaging Protocol). To give your BBS RIP functionality, simply
- create the appropriate RIP screens in your textfile directory. RemoteAccess
- will auto-detect RIP at the user's end and display the .RIP files (where
- available) in preference to your regular ASC/ANS/AVT textfile.
-
- An indicator on the F1 status bar signals the sysop that RIP is currently
- active. Additionally, a boolean flag has been added to the EXITINFO.BBS
- drop-file so that doors and other external programs can determine whether
- the user's terminal supports RIP.
-
- NOTE that RIP graphics are never displayed locally. Instead, a window will
- pop up during the display of a RIP file to indicate what the user is seeing.
-
-
- RAMSG.EXE
- ---------
- * A number of RAMSG options and command-line parameters do not apply to JAM
- areas, and are therefore ignored. Note that the following options are still
- valid for Hudson areas, as per the documentation:
-
- RAMSG INDEX - The "delete" and "recover" options are ignored for JAM areas.
- RAMSG PACK - The "force", "overwrite", "delete" and "recover" options
- are ignored for JAM areas.
-
- * NOTE that the example in the documentation is incorrect. The example which
- reads "RAMSG INDEX -Delete -Recover -Renumber" should read
- "RAMSG INDEX -Delete -Recover".
-
- * By default, RAMSG processes JAM areas and Hudson areas, in that order. To
- force RAMSG to process either JAM *OR* Hudson (not both), the following
- command-line switches are available:
-
- -JAM - Process JAM areas only.
- -Hudson - Process Hudson areas only.
-
- * It should also be noted that JAM areas will ONLY be linked if the -Link
- option is specified during a PACK operation. This is not true of Hudson
- areas, whose reply links are always updated.
-
- * The -NoLrdPack switch of the Pack command is not documented in the manual.
- This command (example "RAMSG Pack -NoLrdPack") disables packing of the
- lastread pointer files for JAM areas.
-
- * The "RAMSG Purge -Unused" command-line will cause RAMSG to automatically
- delete all messages in any undefined (blank name) Hudson message areas.
-
- * The errorlevels for RAMSG are documented incorrectly. The correct errorlevels
- are:
-
- 251 Configuration file version ID mismatch
- 252 Incorrect DOS version
- 253 Insufficient disk space available
- 254 Insufficient memory available
- 255 Disk error or missing configuration data
- 3 Fatal error detected by Borland C++ Start Up Code
- (Usually this means there is insuffient memory to set up a stack)
- 0 No errors occurred
-
- * While there are no limits per se on the number of messages in a JAM area,
- this version of RAMSG can only handle a maximum of 65,535 messages per JAM
- area. RAMSG will require more or less memory depending on the size of the
- message-base to be packed. Memory required is approximately 64k + 8 bytes
- per message. This means that on a machine with 590k available, RAMSG can
- easily process the maximum number of messages (65,535).
-
-
- Hope you enjoy this upgrade!
- Andrew Milner.
-
- /* End of file "RELEASE.DOC" */
-