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┌────┐
│──═─│ ROMProc Revision History File
│ ── │ ─────┐ ┌────┐
│ │ ROMProc │──═─│ The following is a list of the most
│ │ └────> │ ── │ recent changes made to ROMProc by
│ │ │ │ revision level, in reverse order.
│ │ │ │
─┴────┴─ ─┴────┴─
1.38 - Recompiled in Borland C++ 3.1 to eliminate a perceived DESQview
(3/19/94) locking problem associated with timing functions. I think the
problem is DESQview removing all time slices, not ROMProc hanging,
but this code seems to work better.
1.37 - Added some startup display code to help track down a problem two
(1/22/94) users are having with ROMProc. While I was at it, I tweaked the
displays some for cosmetics.
It would appear that the exploding windows were not compatible with
all machines, so all windows were changed to pop-up.
Added a quiet command line switch (-Q) to disable the beeps that
ROMProc produces on errors.
1.36 - CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! A new parameter, COMMON_DIR, has been
(11/29/93) added. Originally, the drive locking semaphore file was placed in
the work directory, but subdirectory may only be valid for a single
CPU in a networked environment. The COMMON_DIR is a subdirectory
that all CPUs have access to, usually on a server, allowing the
locking effects to span across the LAN.
Removed the erroneous FOSSIL port limitation of 8 (port numbers 0
through 7). Any port number will now be accepted on the command
line.
1.35 - Changed my windowing library to an older version, reducing the code
(10/30/93) size by over 25K!
With some help from the Fidonet C echo, I was able to fix my FOSSIL
code for the Microsoft compiler, and have switched ROMProc back to
Microsoft C 7.0, reducing code size by another 8K.
Fixed a bug where external prompt files were not being displayed
properly to the remote user.
Updated my direct comm library to the latest version.
1.34 - ROMProc would not properly pass the FOSSIL port number to the
(9/18/93) transfer protocol, preventing the use of any FOSSIL protocols.
Please refer to the documentation for more information on how to
install ROMProc for FOSSIL use!
1.33 - ROMProc will now accept an environment variable as input for the
(9/11/93) WORK_DIR parameter. This should help simplify multinode LAN
installations with different drive configurations in different
machines.
Discovered (from a RBBS sysop) that the drive letter matching was
inadvertently case-sensitive during batch file transfers (PCBoard's
PCBSETUP automatically capitalizes all paths and filespecs, so it
never happened here on my system). Fixed.
1.32 - Oops...if a sysop configured ROMProc to not display user status
(8/18/93) information (COMM_IO set to NO), ROMProc would still produce an
error if the required communication parameters were not supplied.
1.31 - Fixed a bug introduced in 1.30 where variables were not being
(8/17/93) replaced when no space was provided between the command key and the
variable. For example, "port @PORT@" worked fine, but "-p@PORT@" did
not.
Changed the file handling logic where if a file is encountered that
does not include the drive spec, ROMProc will assume the current
drive. This will correct problems when sysops don't include the
drive in the download paths.
Fixed a "Null pointer assignment" message that appeared on
unregistered versions.
1.30 - CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! ROMProc now has a configurable amount
(7/30/93) of time before the delay prompt is displayed to the online user.
Refer to the new DELAY_TIME parameter in the documentation.
CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! ROMProc now has a configurable string
to display when a transfer is aborted due to exceeding the
configured lock time; see the ABORT_PROMPT parameter. To help
alleviate confusion, the old LOCK_TIME parameter has been renamed to
ABORT_TIME.
ROMProc's display has been revamped to include a new window, the
"Online User Display" window. This window displays a copy of what is
being transmitted to the remote user by ROMProc. I also tried to
make things a little nicer looking while I was at it.
It is now permitted to configure a text file for ROMProc to display
the online user via the DL_PROMPT, PROC_PROMPT, DELAY_PROMPT and
ABORT_PROMPT parameters. If the first character of the string is a
"%", ROMProc will display the indicated text file. Note that PCBoard
@-variables and @X## codes are not permitted, although ANSI codes
may be used.
Changed the number of display lines locked from three to two in
order to give ROMProc some extra room for information display.
Updated the documentation to include my new BBS phone numbers and
home address effective August 16, 1993, as I've moved to Raleigh,
NC.
1.22 - Found that my FOSSIL routines were broken using Microsoft C. As an
(7/10/93) interim fix, I have recompiled ROMProc using Borland's compiler.
1.21 - If ROMProc failed with an error during the copying procedure on a
(7/6/93) locked drive, the locking semaphore file would be left behind,
essentially locking the drive indefinitely until the semaphore file
was removed manually. Fixed.
Added some code to detect blank lines within a batch list file
generated by some BBS software (e.g. Prodoor).
1.20 - CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! ROMProc now supports drive locking for
(6/17/93) slow drives. This will prevent massive slowdowns due to thrashing
CD-ROM drives and changers. Refer to the LOCK_DRIVE and LOCK_TIME
parameters.
CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! With the addition of locking, ROMProc
will display the text defined by DELAY_PROMPT to the user indicating
the reason for the delay if ROMProc waits on the drive longer than 5
seconds.
Some sysops stated that the error message display would go by too
quickly to read, therefore the delay was increased to 5 seconds from
3...this should help.
1.12 - Learned that some BBS software do not stay in their node directory
(6/2/93) for the file transfer (e.g. RBBS). This poses a problem if two nodes
are executing batch downloads simultaneously, since the temporary
batch download list file was named "ROMPROC.LST" by default. Now the
list file is named "ROMPROC.#", where # is the node number. Note
that you must pass the node number using the -N command line
parameter for successful multinode implementation within these BBS
systems.
1.11 - With the new versions of ARJ (2.39d and higher), secured ARJ
(5/25/93) archives cannot be modified in any way, including adding a BBS ad
file or commenting the archive. Therefore, ROMProc has been modified
such that it will not abort the transfer if an archiver error is
detected, but will continue and transfer the unmodified files. The
error will be displayed and logged for the sysop's information.
Added error detection to ensure that incorrect COM port information
(e.g. IRQ, DTE rates) cannot be accepted by ROMProc.
ROMProc could not automatically identify PKZIP 2.04? SFX archives
created with the -j (SFX junior) switch, resulting in them not being
commented and/or not having BBS ads inserted. Fixed.
1.10 - CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! ROMProc can display sysop-defineable
(4/28/93) text to the user indicating the processing status. Refer to the
COMM_IO, PROC_PROMPT and DL_PROMPT parameters in the documentation.
CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! ROMProc is now capable of logging
error messages to disk, if desired. This will help track down
configuration errors in ROMProc.
1.00 - Oops...if a single-file download was initiated from a drive not
(3/25/93) specified to be preprocessed, ROMProc may delete it from the disk
after download.
Broke the SFX archive identification routine, so no SFX archives
were commented or had BBS ads inserted. Fixed.
0.99ß - CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! Archive commenting is now user-
(3/23/93) configurable via the COMMENT_ARC parameter. Enter YES if you desire
archive commenting, otherwise enter NO or comment the line out.
CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGE!!! The drives to be preprocessed (BBS ad
insertion and/or commenting) by ROMProc must now be specified using
the PROC_DRIVE parameter. Any file not on a specified drive will be
transferred from the original location. This feature is for sysops
who only want to preprocess CD-ROM files, but not files on hard
disks. Refer to the documentation for more information.
Modified code to process all the files from a drive prior to
accessing another drive. This will prevent excessive CD changing on
multi CD-ROM changer drives.
If an ARC_COMMENT command-line is left blank in the configuration
file, ROMProc will now skip commenting for that format. This will
enable BBS ad insertion into archives that do not support
commenting, such as LHA.
Improved error-checking of command-line switches and archiver
processing.
0.98ß - Initial public beta release.
(3/20/93)