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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: WANTED-- Baud Bandit 2 features
- Message-ID: <62805@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 09:47:57 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Distribution: usa
- References: <pianoman.00gx@misseye.uucp>
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- >Hi all!
- >
- >Could someone please email me (or post if you think others would be
- >interested), a list of the NEW features in Baud Bandit 2. I currently
- >have V1.5 and would like to see if some things have improved or been
- >fixed in the new version.
- >
- >Thanks in advance.
-
- Here are two posts from Portal. One from Harv Laser, a tester and one from
- Greg Cunningham, the programmer of BaudBandit.
-
- FROM HARV ---------------------------------------
-
- As a tester I've been using vairants of Bandit 2 for so long I can't even
- remember what Bandit 1.5 looks like... but from my aging memory...
-
- -Kermit protocol added
- -new button gadgetry across the drag bar
- -right mouse button pull down menus
- -sortable phone book which is now unlimited length
- -can be iconified into a tiny WorkBench drag bar button
- -more configuration options
- -new config fast window menu thing
- -more macro keys
- -better IBM ANSI emulation
- -second font for IBM ANSI can be specified in config screen
- -can be set to automatically pop open DiskMaster II upon demand
- -can create icons for downloaded files with your choice of icons
- -creates a log file of all Bandit 2 activities, saves to disk as it goes
- -can be config'd to auto-decompress downloads
- and probably a bunch of other stuff I either don't use or can't remember :)
-
- Harv
-
- FROM GREG -----------------------------------------
-
- Joel.
-
- To tell you the truth I'm not even sure if it's enough of an upgrade to be
- "needed". Harv got most of it, but lemme see if I can't add some more.
-
- - A whole new 2.0 style interface
- - User configurable menus
- - 36 more function keys
- - New transfer status with CPS, bytes to go, time left, and more
- - Configuration saving with project icons for multiple configurations
- - ANSI color remapping
- - IBM mode for allowing two sets of config options like fonts, color map,
- color palette, screen mode, and more.
- - A different palette for each screen mode
- - Only ZModem was rewritten in assembler, it's the only protocol I use :)
- - Printer output can be sent to the speech device.
- - Configurations now save all window positions, widths, and heights including
- the iconify button, printer and capture on/off status.
- - Obnoxious "star trek" sounds when you click on gadgets :)
- - Text reader for reading or sending parts of text files
- - XON/XOFF "lockups" can abort after a specified time
- - Destructive backspace switch for unix... or something
-
- Hmmm, ARexx...
-
- - All of the buttons that couldn't be accessed from ARexx can be now.
- - Cursor: to get/set the cursor position
- - Log: Turns on/off then log, or sends a string to the log file.
- - Menu: reset or add a menu item. Works somewhat like DiskMaster
- - Wait was changed alot. It now returns mixed case instead of the uppercase
- only, and ?'s are replaced with the incoming characters.
-
-
- I guess it really just depends on what you use it for and if any of these
- changes are going to benifit you. I assume there will be some ARexx programs
- soon that may be incompatible with the older versions.
-
- Greg
-
- -------------------------------------
-
-
-
- I hope these lists help.
-
- >
- > >AL<
- >
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-
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-
- -Joel
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