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- History of NewsFlash (as of 8/7/95)
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- N means change to NF server
- M Means change to NF module
- F Means change to NF front end
- C Means change to NF compiler
- I Means change to interrupt module
- S Means change to support modules (eg. door emulators, etc.)
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- MFCIS
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- 8/7/95
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- M : ANSI redraws now work correctly.
- M : Snoop chat data from sysop is output correctly
- M C : Now supports NFVERSION, OSVERSION and ASSMDATE vars.
- M C : LOGOFF command added (quite handy on BBS systems! :-) )
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- 11/7/95
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- F : User editor nearly complete
- M C : OSCLI, BFG and BATTR added.
- F : Closes files when quitting! :-)
- M : Wont find deleted users in scans
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- Serial # &4E
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- 14/7/95
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- F : Modem driver editor works
- F : Chucks users off if they stay on too long!
- It also sends a message to warn them 2 mins before
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- Serial # &4E
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- 15/7/95
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- F : Now saves 'FTN' and 'DCD' options for line config
- F : Sleep works
- M : Fixed logoff reset bug
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- Serial # &51
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- 16/7/95
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- M : Script command works
- F : Sleep icon now resets properly
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- Serial # &5A
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- 17/7/95
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- M : Fixed reset after user time has run out
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- Serial # &5E
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- 22/7/95
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- M : Now fills up deleted user slots with new users
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- Serial # &64
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- 23/7/95
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- M : SWI NewsFlash_AmendFile now works correctly (thanks Tom :-) )
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- Serial # &66
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- 24/7/95
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- M C : FORMATNUM command now implemented
- S : SWI ARCbbsDoors_SendRequest (0) bug fixed
- F : Now logs errors and events
- MF : Now sends NewsFlash_Logon message
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- Serial # &69
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- 24/7/95
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- M : Slightly faster redraws
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- Serial # &70
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- 30/7/95
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- M C S : Faster Risc BBS emulation
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- Serial # &76
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- 30/7/95
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- M : Added cacheing of message and file base info
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- Serial # &88
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- 1/8/95
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- M C : Added FNAME variable (users first name)
- M : Added FINDFILE command
- C : TO and FROM can now be used in place of commas where appropiate
- e.g. READUSER usernumber%,0 TO username
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- Serial # &8F
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- 2/8/95
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- M C : Added FILEBASEAREA variable (better late than never! :-) )
- M C : Added FILESEARCH command (allows file searches!)
- M : FILEAREAACCESS and MESSAGEAREAACCESS now work so users can now have
- restricted access.
- M : Setting the variable LOGONTIME now has an effect! woops! :-)
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- Serial # &AF
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- 3/8/95
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- M : Fixed filesearch totalling (also now skips areas which the user does
- not have access to)
- M : DOWNLOAD and UPLOAD commands wont work if the user does not have high
- enough user level
- F : Now re-reads user details when you open the user editor
- M C : SYSOP variable now added (indicates if user is a sysop)
- M : Temporary user now implemented. There is a temporary user account for
- each line which is used if there was no user account found. All
- details are stored here and when a CREATEUSER command is issued the
- account is transferred to the userbase.
- M : Added file transfer SWI's for doors along with message codes 19-21
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- Serial # &C0
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- 4/8/95
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- M : Now automatically formats descriptions to the initial horizontal tab
- M : Continuous option on more prompting
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- Serial # &C6
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- 5/8/95
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- MFC : Passwords are now encoded. Added commands CHECKPASSWORD, SETPASSWORD
- and CHANGEPASSWORD
- M : Sysop variable now added
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- Serial # &D3
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- 6/8/95
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- F : Will now work with a mailer front end
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- Serial # &D5
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- 7/8/95
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- F : Now supports file FREQ'ing (maybe!! Haven't tested it :-( )
- M : SWI's _FileNameFromNumber and _FileRealNameFromNumber now work
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- Serial # &DA
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- 9/8/95
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- MF : Terminal mode now added
- MFC : LOCAL variable now added (indicates a local logon)
- M : Now checks to see if tasks are there before WIMPTASKing them.
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- Serial # &E4
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- 10/8/95
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- MFC : LOG command now added so events can be logged from the script
- F : Mailer watch implemented. Ensures mailer is kept running.
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- Serial # &E8
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- 23/8/95
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- MF : Now provides file transfer snoop
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- Serial # &EF
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- 24/8/95
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- F : Now creates a call log
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- Serial # &EF
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- 25/8/95
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- M : SWI NewsFlash_LoadDescription can now be used to find out
- the description size without having to load it.
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- Serial # &F1
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- 26/8/95
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- M : Fixed bug with SCRIPT command
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- Serial # &F2
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- 10/9/95
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- M : User base bug fixed
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- Serial # &F5
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- 16/9/95
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- MF : Sysop can send files by dragging to the snoop window
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- Serial # &F6
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- 17/9/95
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- F : Sysop chat requests now beep
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- Serial # &F7
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- 19/9/95
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- M : Bug fixed where the UPLOAD command read access levels of last file
- area rather than the one the user was uploading to!
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- Serial # &F8
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- 3/10/95
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- F : Bug fixed where if the user made a sysop chat request then the sysop
- could not regain snoop control until after a sysop chat (if no chat
- was started).
- F : Bug possibly fixed where NF occasionally crashed when starting a
- sysop chat
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- 11/10/95
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- M : Bug possibly fixed where NF occasionally crashed when starting a
- sysop chat (again! :-) )
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- Serial # &113
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- 14/10/95
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- F : Bug fixed where NF crashed if the snoop window was open when
- someone logged on.
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- 1/11/95
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- HHE started
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- 27/5/96
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- Alex gets first version of HHE to beta test. Due to coursework the board does
- not go on (honest.. that was the reason :-) )
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- 28/5/96
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- Board goes on fine. Few minor bug fixes..
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- 29/5/96
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- More minor bug fixes
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- 13/7/96
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- Tom Box gets a copy..
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- MFCISN
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- 22/7/96
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- N : File bases can be treated as areas
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- 23/7/96
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- N : File bases can be treated as areas
- N : 'Root' can be read as an area
- N : File bases can be treated as files
- N : File areas can be treated as files
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