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PCBNet History File of Fixes and Added Features
May 1, 1991 (PCBNET.EXE 05/01/91 2:50p 31,036 bytes)
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- Added the /ASEC;xx;xx-xx;xx switch. This will allow you to specify
which Security Levels should be flagged as having mail. This is an
OPTION and is not required! If you do use this switch, you CANNOT
use the /USEC switch.
- Added the /USEC:xx;xx-xx;xx switch. This will allow you to specify
which Security Levels should NOT be flagged as having mai. This is
an OPTION and is not required! If you do use this switch, you
CANNOT use the /ASEC switch.
- Changed Documentation and fixed it up!
- Please READ documentation on how to implement the two new switches
properly.
- Release of PCBNet Version 1.8
April 30, 1991
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- Fixed a memory problem.
March 15, 1991 (PCBNET.EXE 03/15/91 4:16p 29,964 bytes)
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- Added a ESC key process to ABORT PCBNet for some reason.
March 14, 1991 (PCBNET.EXE 03/14/91 11:24a 29,018 bytes)
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- Fixed a problem with PCBNet flaging the wrong users *IF* you sorted
your USERS File without doing a PACK afterwards.
- Release version 2.6
January 10th, 1991
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- Changed a couple things and recompiled. Some people have reported
problems. I tried duplicating their problem with the new compilation
and could not duplicate it using 200 conferences and the QMail 4 TPA.
- IMPORTANT: I suggest that your PACK your users file and then CREATE
new USER INDEX files to be sure everything is in order.
Then use the /INIT option and run one more time using
the /C:l-h /H
December 27th, 1990 4:35 pm
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- Found the culprit that was messing up anything above 119 for the
Low conference number (i.e. /C:Low-High). The problem was due to
a seek failure.
December 18th, 1990 4:55 pm
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- Made MAJOR changes for speed. Here are the new stats:
PCBNet 2.1 or below could scan 200 conferences (On my system) in 30
seconds.
PCBNet 2.2 will scan 200 conferences (On my system) in 9 seconds.
This shows you the vast improvements made. It will be more noticable on
networks as less disk access is used (Hence, that's why the speed increase).
Note: Because of speed increase, more memory is used. If you get memory
allocation errors, you will need to lower the number of conferences
you are trying to scan at one time. Example:
PCBNet /c:1-100 (You get allocation error).
Try this:
PCBNet /c:1-50 (NO allocation error).
I suggest that you scan no more 200 conferences at a time unless
you have lots of memory free. Because all my tests were based
on 200 conferences, that's why I say 200 conferences. If you
have more conferences, please expierment and let me know what
your numbers were.
- Added /INIT Previous versions in most cases will not work properly. I
HIGHLY suggest that everybody use the /INIT option for first time
initialization.
This operation is only used for first time installation or updating. If
you add or delete a conference (Change conference allocations), you will
need to use the /INIT option for continued proper operation.
November 29th, 1990 11:00 am
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- Added the command line switch: /NET:Path/Name
Now some of you may ask why this switch was added. Let me explain. For
those systems that act as HUBS for echo mail, these guys for the most part
have NODES upload mail to them. Because they are constantly getting mail on
different nodes on their BBS, this can cause problems. So to bypass this
problem this switch was added so they prevent this problem. Or if you need
to run PCBNet from the remote side using the 10 function from PCBoard, you
can specify the path/file name where all the information is contained.
I hope all this information makes sense <grin>......
November 26th, 1990 11:00 am
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- Changed the MSGS.NET File(s) to be in ONE SINGLE File called: PCBNET.NET
For those of you with LOTS of conferences, this will now save on Hard Drive
space. The actual size of this file is 4 bytes time the number of
conferences you currently have (Including the Main Board).
The PCBNET.NET file will be placed in the same directory where you run
PCBNET.EXE. I believe this resolves the MAJOR problem big systems were
facing (And wouldn't use it).
November 21st, 1990 1:15 pm
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- Removed Error displays from hanging in an event.
- Added more error checking for MSGS file.
November 19th, 1990 10:40 am
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- Added checking if a message has been read. If it has, the user's mail
waiting flags WILL NOT be updated.
November 16th, 1990 11:00 am
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- Added checking for KILLED MSGS.
- Removed Debug Code (All is working just fine).
- Enhanced Error checking for a VALID /C:xx-xx Some people were trying
just the /C:xx which is an INVALID number and thus starting with
conference #0 and working it's way up til the end. They were thus
reporting that it wasn't working properly, however it was to some degree.
It simply wasn't detecting two numbers (The LOW and HIGH).
November 15th, 1990 5:10 pm
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- Found another problem and fixed. Hopefully this will solve the rest of
the problems.
- Added DEBUG code. Debug information is in PCBNET.LOG.
November 15th, 1990 10:30 am
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- Added check for SYSOP in Message header. If SYSOP is found, record #1
is updated (As this is the Sysop).
November 14th, 1990 5:10 pm
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- Added a little more error checking for not closing all the files.
November 14th, 1990
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- Fixed a problem with Too many files opened
- Fixed a problem with updating the wrong mail waiting flags.
November 12th, 1990
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- Added some routines for more error checking.
- Fixed a problem with only a maximum of 255 Conferences.