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║ HISTORY2.DOC ║ File Download Counter (tm) Version 3.20
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Copyright (C) 1990-91 by Brandon M. Bachman, All Rights Reserved.
This is a history of changes and improvments to File Download Counter
since v2.60. Changes are recorded from a bottom up fassion where the
most recent changes will be listed at the top.
Becuase of the rather large size of the complete history of FDC I
have been split the HISTORY file into two files HISTORY1.DOC and
HISTORY2.DOC. HISTORY1.DOC is available apon request from the
support BBS.
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│ Improvements in FDC v3.20 │
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August 3 ■ Upgraded to Borland C v2.0, and a new version of the
.EXE file compressor. This should clear up some
intermitant bugs with Dos v5.0.
■ Fixed a bug in the count wich would interminently
replace the download count with a number in the
billions.
■ Added PCBLIST= parameter to the .CFG file. This will
allow users to specify the name and path of the DIR.LST
file created by PCBSETUP for a list of all DIR files
to process, thus making it easier for mainting changes.
■ Changed the address for all registrations to be mailed
to: Brandon M. Bachman
1016 Thrushwood Drive
Logan, Utah 84010
Improvements in FDC v3.10
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June 27 ■ FDC was not closing the .CFG file after updating the
time and date stamp. Fixed.
■ Removed the bulletin maker from base FDC.EXE program.
I am going to write a second program FDC-BLT.EXE which
will do similiar bulletins and much more.
Improvements in FDC v3.00
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June 6 ■ Rewrote the database rountines to utiltize memory
swapping routines, and make the program much faster.
With completly new search and retrieve code FDC is
220% faster than v2.90 !!!!
June 5 ■ Added disk swapping to the program. If conventional
memory is low, FDC will automatically swap to disk
information to free memory, and later reload that
information as needed. No more memory problems!
■ Removed the MAX-FILES= and MAX-LINES= parameters from
the .CFG files becuase these are no longer needed with
the addition of automatic memory swapping.
June 4 ■ Added the PURGE=x parameter in the .CFG files. This
allows users to specify the number of days to keep
a file name in the database on disk before removing
it. This makes the database auto-cleanup so you don't
need to delete it perodically. The defualt number of
days is 7. If set to 0 a database will not be stored
on disk.
■ After a /START or /STRIP FDC will delete the database on
disk coresponding to the configuration file.
June 3 ■ Increased the maximum download count for each file
from 35,000 to 2 billion. (for large BBS's)
■ Fixed a bug with time routines which would not tell
the difference between 3:30 AM and 3:30 PM.
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│ Improvements in FDC v2.90 │
└───────────────────────────┘
May 26 ■ Fixed a bug in the /STRIP and /START command line
options, and polished up the routines.
May 13 ■ Rewrote the functions which found the date and time
of a file. This one should be more reliable, and
fix some weird bugs with DOS versions etc.
May 7 ■ When a DIR file is not found by FDC, or is locked by
another program (PCBoard) FDC will now RETRY to open
the file 5 times every 10 seconds, if it still cannot
open the file FDC will continue to the next file
instead of aborting the program.
May 5 ■ With certain EGA graphics cards FDC was returning the
display mode to 80x24 and not 80x25. Fixed.
■ On unregistered versions of FDC I have removed the
'press a key to continue' before exiting to DOS.
■ On unregistered versions of FDC the download count
for a file will stop at 25 and hold until registered.
May 2 ■ Added the command line argument /CFG={name} which
will allow users to specify a alternative name for
the FDC.CFG and FDC.DAT file. Note FDC will append
the .CFG and .DAT on the end of the name you specify.
This allows users to have multiple configuration files
in the same directory.
April 29 ■ Removed the COLOR-START and COLOR-END parameter
from the configuration file. The same results
can still be achieved by adding the @Xhh codes
to the new TEXT= paremter.
■ Removed STYLE=4 from the configuration. It is
no longer need since the COLOR-START and COLOR-END
options have been removed.
Improvements in FDC v2.80
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April 5 ■ Upgraded the complier to Borland C++ v2.0.
■ Found a minor bug in when STYLE=3, and FDC
would output junk at random. Fixed.
■ Fixed an error in the FDC.CFG with a
example of a TEXT= option. Sorry for the
confusion.
Improvements in FDC v2.70
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March 31 ■ Upgraded the Salt City BBS to a USR HST v.42bis
modem with 38,400 baud. Please do not hesitate
to call directly to the Salt City to recieve
support and download the most recent updates.
I am more than happy to upgrade any sysop
to Visiting Sysops level, and all registered
users to an even higher level for support.
■ In v2.60 I rewrote a filename compare function
which had a bug in it and consquently screwed
up the bulletin. Fixed.
■ Changed all "10 second delays" on errors to be
"10 seconds or press a key" timeouts.
■ Fixed the "Error" window so that is now has the
the title screen in the back ground when it is
displayed.
■ Added a new parameter TEXT= to the FDC.CFG file
to allow users to specify the text that is displayed
in the DIR files before and after the download
counter. See the FDC.CFG file for an example.
■ FDC will now insert all lines of TEXT on STYLES=
3 or 4 on the last line of the description. FDC
v2.60 and prior inserted the TEXT in between the
"Uploaded By:" line and the last line of the
description.
Improvements in FDC v2.60
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March 23 ■ FDC will now handle DIR file lines upto 255
characters long. Consquently I have removed the
code to cut DIR file lines at the 79th char.
■ Rewrote a the file compare code wich has increased
the program speeed by 10-25%!
■ Removed the opening screen and 10 second delay
for unregistered users.