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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 1
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- Notes for 2.56 Update
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- Fixed misformatted doc file.
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- Notes for 2.55 Update
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- A minor bug that sometimes inserted the International DIAL prefix
- in domestic numbers has been fixed.
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- Certain incorrectly formatted nodelists were diagnosed as having
- CRC errors, rather than syntax errors.
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- Notes for 2.54 Update
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- FORCESCAN, described in the 2.53 docs, was a rare case of the
- documentation getting ahead of the code. The feature is now
- available.
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- Some messages were being written to the screen in spite of DOS
- command line redirection (>filename).
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- Documentation for MODEMTRANS/MODEMSTRING has been rewritten to
- include control by baud rate, as well as flags.
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- Notes for 2.53 Update
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- ATTENTION! If you are using MODEMTRANS and/or MODEMSTRING, you
- MUST update your control file. Syntax has been changed to allow
- setting modem flags and controlling translations based on baud
- rates as well as nodelist flags, along with and/or/not logic.
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- Added support for two new nodelist formats for Hector Santos'
- Silver Xpress.
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- Sorts throughout the program have been improved. They will
- attempt to sort the file in memory, then EMS and then disk. They
- will tell you which is being used before they start and will not
- waste time trying to sort if there is not enough memory and disk
- to complete the job.
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- Memory usage has been optimized. You may be able to increase
- your BUFFERS value.
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- Corrected an error in the PC Pursuit translations for the
- DELIMITEDFILE.
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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 2
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- Notes for 2.52 Update
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- Two system crashing bugs have been killed. My thanks to Vince
- Perriello and Harry Lee for the hours they spent helping isolate
- the lockups that sometimes occured while writing the V7 Nodelist.
- The other bug allowed crashes if the program ran short of memory,
- usually due to a high BUFFERS value.
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- PURSUIT processing now works for V7 nodelists.
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- Sorts throughout the program have been improved. They will
- attempt to sort the file in memory, then EMS and then disk. They
- will tell you which is being used before they start and will not
- waste time trying to sort if there is not enough memory and disk
- to complete the job.
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- There's an option for the DELIMITEDFILE to contain the entire
- nodelist, or just the nodes selected.
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- Notes for 2.51 Update
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- Corrects problem with passwords in the V7 nodelist.
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- Notes for 2.50 Update
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- Supports the V7 nodelist used by Opus 1.70 and Binkley 2.50.
- Also adds point support to the V5 and V6 nodelist. Includes
- minor bug fix for MAXBAUD processing.
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- Notes for 2.42 Update
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- Fixed bug that caused zero-length QuickBBS 2.75 files to be
- written.
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- Notes for 2.41 Update
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- Fixed bug that caused Remote Access NODELIST.INC file to be
- created even when it was not requested.
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- Fixed bug in parser that prevented QuickBBS 2.75 format files.
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- Fixed bug that caused overlay load counter to always display
- zero.
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- XlaxDiff fix: NoGate's PAK program can add archive and file
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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 3
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- comments, as well as a security envelope, after the archive's end
- marker. XlaxDiff was getting confused and trying to read past
- EOF, and displaying "disk read error".
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- XlaxDiff was also getting an "Access Denied" error from DOS (on
- the NUL device, of all things) on some systems that use SHARE.
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- Notes for 2.40 Update
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- Changes to MODEMTRANS: Fixed a bug that prevented matching
- nodelist flags containing lowercase characters (V32b). Increased
- search string from 10 to 20 characters. Increased prefix and
- suffix strings from 10 to 30 characters.
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- Added support for the RemoteAccess Nodelist formats. Please see
- XlaxNode.Doc for full information, including certain differences
- between the operation of XlaxNode and the RA compiler.
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- Added support for QuickBBS 2.75 Nodelist formats. This is based
- on preliminary information and cannot be verified until the
- software is released.
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- Fixed XlaxDiff to allow hyphens in directory names. Updated docs
- to include solutions for a number of common problems.
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- Notes for 2.35 Update
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- Fixed a problem that caused the program to lock up when the
- Version 6 nodelist was requested and a nodelist input line had a
- null flags field.
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- Notes for 2.34 Update
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- The 2.33 Archive had a damaged OVR file. In order to prevent
- confusion, the corrected archive is released as 2.34. There are
- no program changes.
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- Notes for the 2.32 to 2.33 Update
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- Routing class support is available for Seadog 4.5.
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- File sharing violations on certain networks have been corrected.
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- FrontDoor PCP processing is available. When this feature is
- activated, the PCP.FDA file is created.
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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 4
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- If the OZone statement was used to suppress a zone's Admin nodes
- (i.e. OZONE 1:1 -), the Zone Coordinator's record in the
- FrontDoor nodelist was corrupted.
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- FrontDoor 1.99b changed the name of the NODELIST.FDA to
- FDNODE.FDA. If you are using an older FrontDoor, rename the file
- back to NODELIST.FDA.
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- Minor bug fixes and documentation updates. Clarification of
- license requirement for International users.
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- Notes for XlaxNode 2.31 to 2.32 Update
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- FrontDoor nodelist format is changed to support Gamma 1.13 or
- later. Older versions of FrontDoor are not supported.
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- Documentation is updated to describe special considerations for
- FrontDoor users.
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- Documentation is updated to describe handling of Hold, Down and
- Private nodes.
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- Support for dual mode modem users is improved. Commands that
- were previously intended to support a single modem flag (HST or
- PEP) now support multiple flags (HST and V32) at the same time:
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- o Multiple flag strings are permitted on the MAXBAUD
- statement.
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- o Multiple ModemString commands can now be used.
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- o Multiple Cxl-Strings can be used on the Pursuit command.
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- XlaxDiff will now unarc a NodeList even if no applicable NodeDiff
- files are present. This facilitates automatic processing when
- NodeDiffs are not used.
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- Several bugs are squashed:
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- o Problem with "Access Denied" messages is corrected. If you
- marked XlaxNode.Ovr read-only to bypass this problem, be
- sure to change it back before installing this version.
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- o FrontDoor Nodelist: Underscores were sometimes left in node
- and sysop names. Independent nodes were host routed to RC
- and admin nodes routed to ZC.
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- o Seadog Nodelist: If a node had a Hub or IGate, the node was
- listed as its own hub, causing Seadog not to hub route.
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- o Under DOS 4.0 and/or network operation, Access Denied errors
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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 5
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- were generated.
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- o Incorrectly formatted PCP.DAT files could cause
- unpredicatble results.
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- o The first syntax error will not abort the control file scan.
- The entire file will be syntax checked.
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- o XlaxDiff did not correctly support drive or path names in
- the /X switch.
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- Notes for XlaxNode 2.22 to 2.31 Update
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- NOTE: Version 2.30 had a serious bug and should not be used!
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- Program now has an OVR (overlay) file that must be in the same
- directory as the EXE file. Memory usage is reduced by about 20k.
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- Support added for FrontDoor (FDLIST) and TPBoard (TPBLIST). See
- documentation for full details.
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- ZONE statement fixed so comments or extra white space don't cause
- syntax error messages.
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- DELIMITEDFILE fixed to correctly handle PC Pursuit and
- corrections made to documentation.
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- The only statement that may preceed NODE in the control file is
- INCLUDE, and only one NODE statement may appear.
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- Nodes appearing in control statements (BAUD, PHONE, FLAG, etc.)
- but not in the nodelist will be reported at the end of the run.
- Most likely, these represent typographical errors and should be
- corrected.
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- Processing for #CM: has been changed to support the FTSC's
- nodelist flags proposal.
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- Notes for XlaxNode 2.10 to 2.22 Update
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- This release represents some minor bug fixes and enhancements.
- None of the changes should be traumatic.
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- Warning: Generic MS-DOS machines (Rainbow, H/Z-100) MUST use the
- /G (generic) switch on both XlaxNode and XlaxDiff command lines
- so ANSI escape sequences are generated. Otherwise, PC BIOS calls
- are used and ANSI.SYS is not needed.
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- Warning: The default for REPORT has been changed to NOREPORT to
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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 6
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- be consistent will the defaults for all other other output files.
- If you want REPORT, ask for it.
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- Warning: The WARTS/NOWARTS command has been deleted. NOWARTS is
- assumed.
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- Warning: All input nodelists with standard Fidonet header lines
- will have their CRC's verified and any errors reported. At the
- completion of all normal processing, an error level of 2 will be
- generated. The integrity of the output nodelists is
- questionable, but you may use them if you desire.
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- Feature: (at least to some) The "!" option on MYLIST and PVTLIST
- allows zoned lists like Alternet, Eggnet or FamilyNet to be
- treated as Regions within your own Zone. This allows direct
- communication without the use of a ZoneGate.
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- Feature: XlaxNode accepts -Cfilename on the command line to
- override the default control file name.
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- Feature: All memory management is dynamic. Just like American
- Excess, there are no preset limits. If you are using an
- XlaxNode.Cfg file, you may delete it.
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- Feature: MODEMSTRING inserts a special dialing prefix if
- specified string (e.g. PEP) appears in nodelist flags.
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- Feature: PURSUIT command cxl-string option will cancel PC Pursuit
- processing if specified string (e.g. HST) appears in nodelist
- flags.
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- Feature: XPURSUIT will cancel PC Pursuit processing for specified
- node number(s).
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- Feature: PCPMARKER and HOSTMARKER control flagging of Pursuitable
- and Host Routed nodes.
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- Feature: XlaxNode and XlaxDiff now handle year-end wrap-around of
- nodelist numbers.
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- Featurette: NOPROGRESS now suppresses the display of city pnames
- during PCP loading.
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- Bug Removed: Shell code used in XlaxNode for the Update command
- and XlaxDiff to invoke (un)archiver sometimes munged a few byte
- of stack or heap, causing lockups or strange output.
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- Bug Removed: If a Seadog nodelist was produced in the same run as
- a nodelist with Pursuit processing, then Seadog nodelist received
- PCP baud rates and costs.
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- Bug Removed: PCP control file would sometimes be loaded when not
- needed, wasting time and memory, but not affecting any output
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- XlaxNode 2.56 Release Notes Page 7
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- files.
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- Bug Removed: If BinkList was the only output file requested, the
- program gave the "No Files Requested" error.
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- Bug Removed: The obsolete command OPUSLIST was still honored.