Cream of the Crop 11/Cream of the Crop 11-1.iso/comm/onefos08.zip/REVISION.TXT

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                           ONEFOSsil Revision History
           (c) Copyright 1995-96 by Carl Morris and Morris Softronics

    Whats to come?  We have a few things up our sleeves for the next couple
    revisions.  However, first will be an attempt to actually rewrite the
    driver.  After even this short time it has been presumed that if it was
    rewrote some other features could be made available and would streamline
    the whole driver.

    Revision 8 - Jan 12, 1996.  A lot of changes all over.  Many areas of
    the function handler have changed.  A few changes to the UART interrupt
    handler to reduce ISR overhead.  Changed function 1F to only allow the
    DTR to be manipulated, I haven't found any need to allow programs to
    manipulate the rest of the Modem Control Register.  Added the Delayed
    Carrier option for slow speed modems and improperly built null-modem
    cables.  Revamped all documentation.  The FIFO option now permits both
    buffer and trigger level settings to be manipulated.  The full
    specification for detecting a FOSSIL driver was adhered to in case there
    is any software that require this.  Function 5, deactivation, now forces
    RTS and DTR high, this prevents characters from being held in the
    remote's buffer waiting to wreak havoc, such as keeping the remote
    protocol driver from returning, causing the next local protocol driver
    to be aborted before it starts.  The mass move functions were
    streamlined.  How UART's are detected was changed.  Several functions
    or subfunctions of X00's specification were removed.  Improved the
    ability for ONEFOSsil to purge Windows' virtual communications buffers
    on 16450 UARTs.

    Revision 7 - Dec 17, 1995.  Improved some areas, some dealing with the
    revision 5 bug.  The revision 5 bug crept back in in the process, and
    now it shouldn't have any problems any more.  A FIFO setting option was
    created for those who might think they need to play with it, or who have
    to.  If the S option didn't specify a sensitivity and was on the end of
    the command line, a command line error would occur.  Math routines for
    the timeout value was updated.  Its still as accurate though, just uses
    less code.  Made some changes to the timeslice code.  The function
    reference document was written and included in this release.  IRQ's 8
    though 15 are now fully usable.  Only IRQ's 3 - 5, 7, 9 - 12, and 15 are
    valid on the command line.  Finally found a bug that might have been
    causing some programs to not function properly at hanging up the modem.
    Changed the name of the company back to Morris Softronics, as many
    people liked that older name.  Function 1Eh would not stop function 00h
    from setting the baud rate, now it does.  Right before release, it was
    found that the new Fifo setting option had some large errors, first it
    wouldn't allow setting at all, then it had a minor display error.  Also,
    function 05h now disables FIFO's, so that old software like BBSRACE 2.41
    will work.

    Revision 6 - Nov 21, 1995.  Revision 5 actually got out.  Only a few
    small bugs have cropped up in the first day.  The installation code
    would allow the flow parameter to have items repeated indefinitely.
    Oops, the sleep mode defaulted to Windows, and now defaults to None as
    documented. Seemed to have the problem that effected most mailers and
    probably all other high efficiency programs to be more a hardware
    related bug.  I found the solution though...

    Revision 5 - Nov 19, 1995.  Revision 4 never got to the public either.
    Documentation was improved and other little bugs removed. Command line
    processor is near completion.  All installation options are available,
    and the basic control options are in there.  No real known bug fixes in
    a while now.  The ONEFOS echo was created for FidoNet support of
    ONEFOSsil.  Right before release a bunch of bugs, major bugs, were
    solved that had just cropped up in this version.  It should be fairly
    stable now.  A bug has cropped up with Portal of Power, I can't find it,
    all other software tested works (about 15 programs).

    Revision 4 - Nov 13, 1995.  Revision 3 never got to the public.  This
    revision has a few forgotten bug fixes.  This version also has Windows
    sleep calls built in for programs that don't give time slices.  However,
    under Windows 95, this will sometimes cause the programs to go MUCH
    slower if the program in the foreground doesn't give time slices.  This
    effects all programs, even those that already give time slices away
    (LORE and BRE are noted as the worst!).  Also added some compatibility
    notes in the documentation.  Also, made the DEINIT function flush the
    buffer before closing the port.  This helps some door games that close
    the port too quickly.  However, some doors never close the port at
    all... Renegade BBS on the other hand closes the port before opening it.
    Remind me to complement Cott Lang on that.  I'll be working on this more
    as I work on the command line processor.

    Revision 3 - Nov 8, 1995.  First release to public.  Just little changes
    made before public release.  Source code will be archived before the
    major modifications the command line interface will require.

    Revision 2 - Nov 4, 1995.  Never released.  Source code was not saved.
    Lots of the Revision 1 bugs were fixed by very complete testing.  There
    could still be lots of bugs needing work.

    Revision 1 - Nov 1, 1995.  Never released.  I changed revision number
    after I had seen that the majority of the code worked.  The source code
    to this revision still exists, but is very buggy.

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