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ATTENTION:
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In past releases of Stowaway, the Stowaway files HAD
to be located in \STOWAWAY. Now, Stowaway looks for the help
files and the indexes in the directory where STOW.EXE is
located. This means that if you want to continue using the
indexes from previous versions of Stowaway, you must either put
STOW.EXE in the \STOWAWAY directory, or copy the indexes to the
location of STOW.EXE. If you have any questions, PLEASE call us
at 714-352-2820.
Changes in Stowaway version 1.20:
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Fixes:
Stowaway did not properly save the indexes to disk when
using an alternate ID. This posed no threat to the
integrity of the data.
When using the automatic disk formatting capability,
Stowaway did not properly display the format message on
the second disk.
Archiving in auto mode would abort before completing.
All data was intact and unthreatened though.
Chages in STOWAWAy version 1.30
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Fixes:
If F3 was pressed to perform a DOS command, and then the
user press ESC, Stowaway did not reupdate the help which
resulted in an old help panel being displayed next time
F1 was pressed.
The main menu "Print order form" used two hotkeys that
were the same: Ltp1 and Lpt2.
While formatting a disk, the displayed cylinders
formatted was 1 off - this was a cosmetic change only.
Group names are now sorted case insensitive.
While in manual file selection, directories that had
numbers as names sorted above the <PARENT> and <ROOT>.
Enhancements:
Some users expressed a desire to be able to toggle the
textured background on and off. This is available in
the "Set alternate colors" menu. Also, shadow colors
are switched to black if textured background is off.
Stowaway now provides a facility to view the files which
have been archived. This enables the user to quickly
and easily verify what files have been archived.
While selecting files in archive file selection,
STOWAWAy "remembers" the location of the highlight bar
if you switch to an alternate directory. Then, when
returning to the original directory, the highlight bar
is returned to the original location.
If files are tagged for archival, and ESC is hit,
Stowaway will confirm the action.
Added a menu option in the utilities to display archive
statistics. This options shows active, deleted, and
expired files, compression ratio and more.
When tagging a directory, the "Yes No" prompt was not
standard. Changed to the button type "Yes No"
message.
Added F1=HELP reminders to all the headers.
WordStar conrol keys are now available in all file
selection screens
Version 1.4
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Fixes:
The instructions on the restore screen were somewhat
confusing. In this version, the information has been
organized better.
File sizes in file selection screens are right
justified, to increase readability.
If Stowaway detected a bad file during verification, it
acknowledged the error and terminated with the message
"All files verified OK." Despite this error, Stowaway
still verified the files correctly and identified bad
files.
When verifying files twice in one session, Stowaway
bypassed the disk mount message and began to read the
disk without verifying that a disk was mounted.
Enhancements:
In any file selection screen, PGDN, PGUP, END, and HOME
no longer "scroll." The screen instantly displays the
desired line. This results in a tremendous speed
difference when scrolling.
In all file selection screens, 'T' tags all files and
'U' untags all files.
While selecting files for archival, Sort by Extenstion
is now available.
In the archive file selection screen, F2 toggles the
"Reset archive Attribute." This is designed so that
Stowaway can turn off the DOS archive attribute, and
effectivly "backup" a file.
Version 1.5
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Fixes:
Stowaway had problems restoring files archive on an 8088
class machine. The data was intact, but at times got
CRC errors on restore.
Enhancements:
Input/Output is now buffered in archive and restore.
This translates to better performance while processing
files. For example, a file that used to take 75 seconds
to be archived, now is completed in 48 seconds.