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- Personal Ticker Tape Change History
- 09/01/92 Version 1.00
- Initial release
- 09/08/92 Version 1.02
- Modify to work more reliably with Compuserve.
- 10/03/92 Version 1.05
- Due to changes in PRODIGY QUOTE TRACK headings, had to
- change PTT to recognize the new headings.
- 10/12/92 Version 1.06
- Add GEnie quote support
- 10/22/92 Version 1.07
- Performance enhancements to speed up updating
- 10/25/92 Version 1.08
- Added Pulse dialing capability
- Added support for up to 50 Metastock directories
- Prevent addition of files to full Metastock directory
- Support for Page Mode in GEnie
- 11/26/92 Version 1.09
- Added support for PRODIGY & Symbols
- 12/02/92 Version 1.10
- Modify Compuserve processing to recover from bad dates
- in quotes which caused quotes to get out of sync with
- symbols.
- 12/04/92 Version 1.11
- Fix problem with certain modems that don't honor Data Set
- Ready (DSR) signal.
- Add session recovery if download is interrupted
- 12/29/92 Version 1.12
- Modify for faster access to PTTSYM.* tables by replacing
- sequential search with hashed search.
-
- Move Modem Setup parameters to Modem Setup Panel and removed
- them from the Service setup panels.
-
- Added PTT.LOG file to track conversion status and errors and
- potential splits detected.
-
- Reorganized PTT.TXT documentation file, included a Table of
- Contents
- 01/03/93 Version 1.13
- Added menu and command line option to bypass re-verification
- of the Index (PTTSYM.*) files. This can save several minutes
- when processing large numbers of quotes.
-
- Added command line option (-m) to set Maximum LookBack Period
- on the command line.
-
- 01/10/93 Version 1.16
- Added messages in PTT.LOG that detail which raw quote file input
- ticker symbols are duplicated.
-
- Added messages in PTT.LOG showing any security files in the
- Data Directories that are duplicated.
-
- For PTT Level 1 and higher users:
- Made stock split processing "smarter" so that it won't provide
- split messages on any security without volume (notably indices).
-
- For PTT Level 1 and higher users:
- Added new command line option to ask for a list of security
- data file that were not updated as of the highest update
- date. This is the "-M" option, e.g.
- ptt -M
- will create a screen and PTT.LOG report of securities whose
- last update date is lower than the highest update date of any
- security in the historical data directories.
- 01/10/93 Version 1.17
- Added Main Menu "Utilities" menu item for viewing PTT.LOG file,
- un-Updated symbols, and contents of a data directory.
-
- Modified title so that it doesn't scroll on un-Updated list.
-
- Fixed a problem with downloading for more than 1000 quotes.
- 04/23/93 Version 1.18
- Added ability to comment the translate files (*.XLT) for
- easier maintenance. A line beginning with "*" is a comment,
- and a semicolon begins a comment on the same line.
-
- Added "Remove PTT Index" option to Utilities menu.
-
- Fixed problem where PTT checked for SPLIT on the first date of
- the file (no prior price to compare to). This generated an incorrect
- error message stating that OPEN INTEREST field was invalid.
-
- Increased number of Chartpro format directories that can be
- updated to 50.
-
- PTT now uses a computer/computer interface to access the free
- quotes area of Compuserve, making downloading faster and more
- reliable.
- 04/25/93 Version 1.19/1.20
- Fix problem converting from PTT 1.17 configuration file to
- PTT 1.18 or later file. The REGISTRATION CODE was getting "lost".
-
- Tidy up the Compuserve download output.
-
- Fix problem with GENERATE REPORTS option.
- 04/27/93 Version 1.21/1.22
- Added option to allow automatic downloading to a daily file
- rather than to a command line specified file name. So, if you
- set up your download directory to be, for example, DNLD and
- you want to download from CIS or GEnie to the file YYMMDD.xxx
- in that directory and then update that file, you would say
- PTT -D 1 -u * for CompuServe
- PTT -D 2 -u * for GEnie
-
- Modified logon to service sequence so that it only tries to
- hangup 4 times and then continues with the download. This
- will occur if the modem is not set so that Carrier Detect (CD)
- follows the carrier signal (normally AT&C1 will set this
- correctly).
-
- Modified to handle various flavors of Compuserve TERMINAL
- setups, so PTT is not sensitive to BRIEF PROMPTS, PAGED DISPLAY
- or BLANK LINES settings. The only required parameters for
- terminal setting are TERMINAL TYPE=OTHER and LINE FEEDS = YES
-
- Fixed problem where PTT was not recognizing the Compuserve
- time stamp in the download file and was posting everything
- 12 hours in the past.
-
- Added "-Q" command line option to turn off the report to both
- the screen and the PTT.RPT file. This seems to increase the
- update speed by about 20%.
-
- 04/29/93 Version 1.23
- This version prevents the addition of more than 255
- securities to a Metastock directory when the "Prompt
- for Missing Symbols" option is set.
-
- It also contains an error message when invalid data is
- found in a security file. This message is written to
- the PTT.LOG file and the screen as the report is
- generated.
-
- The Verify Files option has been modified to remove any
- invalid data records from the security file.
- 05/02/93 Version 1.24
- Add support for Free Financial Network (FFN) data files,
- STKmmdd.PRN (stocks), INDXmmdd.PRN (indices), and
- Fyymmdd.PRN (futures) named files. Enhanced the ASCII
- FORMAT TYPE 6 to allow 5 and 7 field formats.
- Also, allow FFN data as Raw Quote File so that ticker
- symbol translation can be done.
-
- Beefed up and enhanced PTT's interface to Compuserve quotes
- so that no special user profile settings (i.e. GO TERMINAL)
- are required for PTT to be able to get quotes.
-
- Modified so that network passwords with internal spaces are
- not truncated.
- 05/15/93 Version 1.25
- Modified to add a 5 or 7 field data file if the ASCII format
- code is 6 (FFN/HDS). Thus, stock data from FFN is added as 5
- field while Futures data is added as 7 field.
-
- Fixed problem which occurred when adding a daily symbol to a
- Metastock directory which already contained a non-daily
- security of the same name. Also fixed lock up which occurred
- under the same conditions.
-
- When PTT did not connect to the download service, it was leaving
- an unclosed CONNECT.LOG file which got picked up via a CHKDSK as
- a lost cluster.
-
- PTT now creates (again) the *.DOP file for Metastock format files
- that it creates. You can delete them if you dare.
-
- PTT allows entry of 16 (rather than 15) characters of the Metastock
- security name field.
- 08/15/93 Version 2.00
- Add download support for Dow Jones News Service databases
- //CQE, //HQ and news for any current quotes for which news
- is available.
-
- Add FUNDmmdd.PRN support for Free Financial Network data files.
-
- Added "Help" menu item from Main Menu.
-
- Added Custom format option via the Format Specification String
- field of the Setup/Update Options screen.
-
- Added new Maintenance screen for performing historical data file
- maintenance. This Maintenance function will allow you to add,
- delete, rename, edit, and perform stock splits on security files.
- Note : insertion of data into an empty file is not supported.
-
- Added command line option for specifying the comma separated
- field format of the formatted ASCII file via a Format Specification
- String. See "Command Line Invocation" in PTT Help Index.
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