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89Feb15 Door code changed. Citadel now comes down with exitlevel
of FOUR (4) when user selects an active Door. Main BBS
batch-file must contain "IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO <label>"
to handle this. The <label> section of the main batch
file should move to the \homeArea\DOOR directory and
then execute DOORNAME.BAT, which Citadel will create
in that directory prior to coming down. Each Door
batch file must return to ROOTdir after finishing
the Door, then call the main BBS batch file with
a parameter of "+noinit". This will cause Citadel
to come back up, skipping the modem initialization
section, and present the user with the BASEROOM
prompt and await a re-login. Current UART baudrate
is passed via the file LASTUSER.SYS and is read by
Citadel during the NOINIT reboot. The purpose of this
modification is to allow for more memory space during
Door operations. (VAQ)
89Feb17 Added command-line parameter "+olddoor" for those who
do not want to switch their door-handling methods to
the new wiz-bang method! This is probably just a
temporary patch. (VAQ)
89Feb20 Added command-line parameter "+doors" which brings
Citadel back up with NOINIT and also sets flags
for kludgey reset at end of current online session. (VAQ)
89Feb22 Added command-line parameter "doormin=" to allow sysops
to set the per-use time limit for those doors and door
utilities controlled by DORINFO1.DEF instead of using
a hardcoded time parameter in Citadel itself. (VAQ)
89Mar10 Added support for reading ZIPfile directories. (VAQ)
89Mar12 Added support for selectively downloading members of
ZIPfiles using Ymodem or Zmodem. Activating this
facility is done by placing a file called UNZIP.SYS
in the RoomArea directory (where DEARC.SYS already
should reside) and putting the name of the "unZip"
utility in that file. Also, copy of Zip utility
and Arc utility must reside in ROOT as "zipper.exe"
and "archiver.exe" respectively. Facilities have
been tested using PKZIP.EXE as "zipper.exe" and
PKARC.EXE as "archiver.exe." Others *may work but
these two are *known to work. (VAQ)
89Mar12 Removed internal code for reading ARC directories
and replaced it with a shell to "archiver.exe".
This adds no memory overhead and reduced executable
file size by about 1K in CTDL.EXE. (VAQ)
89Mar18 Disabled "General Maintenance" sysop command from the
public runtime code. In view of the function-key
facilities supported, it was a superfluous command. (VAQ)
89Mar19 Released Citadel:K2NE V4.06 (VAQ)
89Mar20 Time-slicing code written to make Citadel a bit easier
to run under "multi-tasking" shells such as DesqView
and DoubleDos. (BBR)
89Mar21 Last caller to system, last caller's connect-speed and
current status of Mail> flag pulled into CtdlTabl.Sys
file. LASTUSER.SYS no longer needed. Code pulled. (BBR)
<><><><><><><><> Start MAJOR VERSION 5.0 at this point <><><><><><><><><>
89Mar24 Encryption routines disabled and utility UNCRYPT.EXE written to
decrypt files on an encrypted Citadel in order to convert
to the "cleartext" version. To compile without encryption
use "-DNO_CRYPT" at compile-time. (BBR)
89Mar27 Command ".RC" [read contents-of-packed-file] written to
replace .RAD and .RZD command sequences. Requires the
use of public domain utility IFL.COM to read ZIP and
ARC file contents from shell. (VAQ)
89Apr02 Minor bugs repaired! (VAQ)
89Apr03 Net_Switch headers suppressed except during mail routing
functions, in accordance with the Joint Policy Statement
and Agreement between Citadel:K2NE and STadel development
groups. (VAQ)
89Apr05 Citadel:K2NE Ver. 5.0 released. (VAQ)
89Apr12 Minor bug-swatting! Maintenance upgrade of Ver. 5.0
released. Also, some cosmetic changes to the reporting
"style" in NETLOG file. (VAQ)
89Apr22 Code added to show previous caller's name to current
caller at login. (VAQ)
89May28 Code added to display FIDODAY.HLP at login if present.
Intent is to allow sysop to show the FIDOnet daily
message summaries for active FIDO conferences. Note
that FIDOnet is NOT directly supported by Citadel, but
must be utilized as a Door. (VAQ)
89May29 Aide callers are given a "user level" of 5 for purposes
of Doors such as SmlNet which support such things. All
other logged-in callers have a "level" of 2. (VAQ)
89Jun25 Version 5.01 released. (VAQ)
89Jun25 COLOR= and STATUS= added as command-line options to set
screen (background/foreground) and statusline colors.
This replaces the usage of the DOS environment to handle
this stuff. See any good DOS reference guide for color
code numbers (or just play with it until you find a
combination that you like). Supports MDA, CGA, EGA
and VGA monitor/card combinations. (VAQ)
89Jul01 Screen FOREground color can now be incrmentally selected
by use of F8. Similary, screen BACKground color can be
selected by F7. If Citadel is restarted it will take the
screen Fore/background colors from the settings of COLOR
and STATUS in the batchfile (if any), defaulting to (0,0). (VAQ)
89Jul03 Added support for handling "*.LZH" files of the type created
by the Japanese file-archiving utility LHARC.EXE. System
now handles these in the same manner as *.ARC or *.ZIP files.
Needed a new command, so ".RH" was utilized for "read LHARC..."
options. (VAQ)
89Jul05 Version upgraded to Version 5.02 for internal purposes. (VAQ)
89Jul09 Net stabilization during AnytimeNet Receive streamlined by
passing through the previously-determined baudrate of the
incoming call. Increment Net Version to 1.11.05 reflecting
this enhancement. Compatibility with older versions not
diminished in any way. Change is in SYSDEP1.C. (VAQ)
89Jul15 Added "+fast" command-line option. This will speed up sending
command strings to the modem. If the modem can handle these
speeds, it saves 5 to 10 seconds during system startup and at
networking time. Works with Avatex-2400 series and probably
most non-Hayes "Hayes compatibles". For some odd reason, not
all "real Hayes" modems can do this! (VAQ)
89Jul22 Door-use privileges can now be linked to a user's possession
of network privileges. If you need this on your system to
block a "door hog" you must compile the entire BBS using
"-DTWIT" to define the "TWIT" variable in your makefile for
CTDL.EXE. When the code is compiled in this manner, a user
will not be permitted access to any doors unless the user
has network privs. This has not been tested for "non-networking"
node option. Don't know if it works if you set up your Citadel
as a non-networking system. (VAQ)
89Jul24 Temporarily using the "`" key to display the network log from
the "waiting for call" mode. This will soon change to a function
key. (VAQ)
89Jul25 Linking of Door privs to Net privs is now done via command-line
parameter "linkprivs" rather than method noted on 89Jul22. (VAQ)
89Jul26 Citadel will now track the number of messages created by a user
during a logged session and post it to the CALLLOG.SYS file at
logout. (VAQ)
89Sep03 F9 key is now used to read the network log from the console
while system is waiting for incoming calls. (VAQ)
89Sep03 RELEASE of Citadel:K2NE Version 5.03 for public use. (VAQ)
89Sep12 System will now display SPECIAL.HLP at login if it exists. (VAQ)
89Sep24 System will no longer look for DAYNOTES.BLB, FIDODAY.HLP or
SPECIAL.HLP at login. Instead, system looks for up to five
ASCII files (named LOGTEXT.001 thru LOGTEXT.005) and displays
them at login if they exist (search/display is numerically
ordered by the file extension). (VAQ)
89Oct19 System will no longer prompt for #Nulls at new user login.
Default set to 0 for nulls. Leave it up to the user to
set it using ".ec". (VAQ)
89Oct19 Added ".EL" (.enter local-only-message) command. (VAQ)
89Oct21 Modified CHAT to ignore unlogged callers. (VAQ)
89Oct24 Added "<L>ocal-only Save Message" at "Entry Cmd:" prompt. (VAQ)
89Oct24 Added Door-privilege toggle to Sysop command set. New users
default to HAVING door privs when new account is created. (VAQ)
89Oct24 Started work on using "logBuf.lbflags.lflag3" to handle
flag for user's Door graphics level. (VAQ)
89Oct25 Minor hack to show Door privs instead of linefeed status for
the ".aqu" command. (VAQ)
89Oct26 Added command-line param "nodoors" for sysops who want new users
to default to NO door privs. Leave this param out, and new
accounts will HAVE door privs. (VAQ)