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BGFAX 1.21 FRI 25 MAR 94
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1. Uhoh. Fixed bug with BGFAX 1.20 cause a BGFAX.DAT file to always appear
in the root directory instead of in the BGFAX directory.
2. MAKEFAX is significantly faster since I forgot to turn "range checking"
off in the source of BGFAX 1.20.
Changes between BGFAX 1.10 and BGFAX 1.20 THU 24 MAR 94
========================================= =============
The BGFAX.DOC documentation file has been greatly updated.
1. Fax Viewing/PCX conversion. VIEW.EXE is included with this release.
VIEW is a small utility to let you view received faxes. It supports CGA,
EGA and VGA display modes. It can also convert received faxes to PCX
format for easy editing. Consult the documentation for more information.
VIEW views both ZFAX and QLII files.
2. New TSR utility. NFAX.COM is a very small TSR program (completely
optional) that you can use if you want to have an on-screen update when
a fax comes in. You must used the /NF switch on the BGFAX command line
to cause BGFAX to "wake up" this TSR to display the "FAX" indicator on
your screen when a new fax is received. Use the included FAXOFF.COM
program to turn the indicator off. NFAX.COM replaces NEWFAX.EXE that
was included with BGFAX 1.10.
3. Class 1 support for sending and receiving faxes has been added. See
documentation for details. Additional Class 1 command line parameters
have been added /C1 (force Class 2 modem to send in Class 1 mode), /HW
(Hayes Wait, force Class 1 modems, when sending, to delay before sending
the page data, to clear up transmission). /FHAY new rear end switch.
/DIS:nnn switch. /DIS:79 will force a Class 1 modem to receive at a
maximum of only 9600 bps instead of 14400 bps.
4. Send mode changes. /ER, for "Extended Results". BGFAX can now return,
via errorlevel, a more precise reason for the failure, such as BUSY, NO
DIALTONE, No +FCON, etc. See documentation for details. Added /C1
switch to force a Class 2 modem to send in Class 1 mode.)
5. Host mode changes. /NH, for "No Hop", reduces screen writes when BGFAX
is idle waiting for a call. The "blue box" will not jump around the
screen every ten seconds if you use the /NH parameter. Also, fixed a
problem that caused BGFAX to run very short events multiple times. If
you have an event for 14:00, BGFAX will exit at 14:00:59, to ensure it
only runs once :-). If one of your events is missed when a user is
logged onto your system, BGFAX will now execute that event when control
is returned from your BBS. If you wish to run a USR Class 2.0 modem in
Class 1 mode using BGFAX /HOST, you will need to use the /ATO switch,
which causes BGFAX to send an "ATO" to the modem after the "DATA"
response is received.
6. Converting ASCII and PCX files to fax image format. MAKEFAX.EXE allows
you to do this. This is a very crude program that can convert a single
PCX file to a fax file, or a multipage ASCII document to a fax file.
(ASCII conversion requires the BGFAX.FNT font file, included.)
Regards,
bgfax author
voice: 713-893-9320
data/fax: 713-893-9124
fido: 1:106/400 FREQ magic name "BGFAX" from 1:106/400
internet: st1r8@jetson.uh.edu FTP site CSN.ORG in "Computech" dir.