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v1.03 - [Updates] Started : 08/06/91 Finished : 08/13/91 >> Re-wrote the top five routines that were left in there from LSD. Instead of going through the entire user list everytime it displayed the list, I made it update the list only when a user posts, uploads, or downloads. The data is saved in the file called TOP5.DAT. >> Re-wrote the WFC sequence. Now the software will re-init the modem every so often, to ensure that the phone isn't off hook, or that a bad init string got caught up somewhere. This should take care of the garbage that users get every once in awhile while logging on. >> Added Conference Stats in the system statistics. This will list all the files and messages in a conference. Users will only see the conferences that they have access to. >> I add a few little things to the File AREA listings, telling the user if the area allows downloads, uploads or both. It also tells the user how many files are in that area, giving them a total at the end. >> Started major work on Extreme*Net v1.00. If I don't get it done with this version, there will still be something in there that we can beta test with to see how it works. >> Added Top Five exempt level. This will allow you to take users of this level and above out of the top five listings. >> Added in an option for file passwords. Set this option to on if you want users to be able to add file passwords. >> Changed the Sub-Board listing routine to display number of posts, and also it displays whether it is a public, or netted sub. >> Spiced up the transfer section a little more. I made the batch listings a little more informative, and more neat. >> The new protocols are finally finished. Instead of having seperate files to store upload, download, batch upload, and batch download protocols (like all the forum hacks), I now made it into one file. The editor is the easist forum hack protocol editor out there to use. >> Did some work with the BBS listings. I added an option in there that will allow you to enter the amount of megs that the board has. I also changed the format which it displays the list. The previous list was too slow at 2400, so you Extreme sysop's that allow 2400 on don't have to here the users bitching. >> Changed the way that rumors are listed, the reason is the same as the reason for changing the BBS list. >> Did some work on the LAST CALLERS listing. I added caller number, and the amount of times that the user has called. I also did some work with the speed thing in the list, now it should say if the user called with the HST and if they were at ARQ mode. It also shouldn't say 38400 for every call now, it should decipher between 2400, 9600 and 14400. If a user logs on at 9600 v.32 it won't say v.32, it will just say 9600, but if the user calls at 9600 HST it will say 9600/HST/ARQ. It basically will say the result code how it is displayed when you call out with your term and connect to a board. NOTE : You must delete these files, since their format is different. CALLERS, and BBSLIST.DAT. If there is a reason that you want to keep the files, then tell me and I will make a conversion program, but I didn't want to waste time on something that I thought was insignifigent. v1.04 - [Updates] Started : 08/14/91 Finished : 09/12/91 >> There was a bug in the Top Five listing. The current user online would take over spot 5 no matter what stats he had. This error is now fixed and the Top Five should work GREAT now! >> Extreme*Net V1.00 is ready. It's not too much as of yet, just messages right now. Leave Strider mail on his board if you want to join up. There is also a listing of Net Board ID's with this version. >> Tons of cosmetic flaws have been fixed up. Too many to really mention here, but most of them are fixed. >> The New-Scan prompts now work 100%. On version 1.03 the prompt for the message base was commented out accidentally. It's now back in there. >> Did some work with the conferences, now you can make conferences and define them as either Message Base only, File Base only, or both. This is yet another unique feature that Extreme has over the other hacks! >> Added the Prompt configuration to the Config. It's now that last option under the "System Information" section (last option as of v1.04). >> Thanks goes to Dumper of Dumper's Den Elite BBS for making a load of protocols for Extreme. I didn't have the time, nor the energy to do it so I'd like to give him special thanks for the help. >> I completely removed the database function. No one ever uses it, and I believe that it is a worthless mod. And it decreased Extreme's overlay by 10k. >> Re-wrote the New User Voting routines. I was having troubles with users being able to vote one new users more than once. I also took out the levels that the New User gets when he is voted on, instead it now uses the defualt factors that the [+] key gives in the user editor. >> Added another option to the [+] key in the user editor, now the [+] key will give user's conference access if you define it to. >> The Screen Saver should work now, I forgot to check to see if the saver was on when I was displaying some stuff, so when the Screen Saver went on there would be text left on the display. >> Added a more comprehensive storage check for sysops. Instead of the total available space, it now tells you how much space is on drives C:, D:, E:, and F: for those with more drives than that, I am working on a routine that will detect it, and if there are more drives, it will add them in for you, upto your maximum drive letter. NOTE : You must run the CONVERT program to convert your users from v1.03 to v1.04. You must also run the Config program to modify the new options. Remember to BACKUP your user list before you convert! v1.05 - [Updates] Started : 09/15/91 Finished : 09/30/91 >> Added two more options to the configurable file listings. One is Disk number of number. And the other is graphix mode (along with SB support) . Since I added those two things (which are usually included in the description), I took off 10 characters in the descriptions. They no longer have to put [1/2] in the description. >> The Area Sort in the Transfer Sysop Commands has been updated, you can now choose either the current Area, or all the areas to sort. I couldn't stand going from area to area to sort them. >> Fixed a bug in the single file upload, sometimes it would make a file that was uploaded private for "FILE". >> Rewrote the [C]hange File command in the Transfer Sysop Options. It is now a full screen edit of the files. It also allows you to page through all the files instead of quiting and hitting [C] again for a new file. (Yet another Unique feature). >> Fixed a bug in the config that would limit your BBS prompt to only 33 characters, instead of the set 79 characters. This should make the prompt a little more unique and configurable. >> I re-did the Net's Origin line system. The second origin line is the only one that can be modified. But it will support 79 characters and it will also support the basic | color codes (01-15 for Colors, RC for User's color #1, SC for User's Color #2, IC for User's Color #3, and PC for User's color #4). The first origin line will be created from your BBS's name, phone number (new config option, under "NET") and your BBS's ID #. If you don't want to have your BBS's # in there, just put in (xxx)-Pri-Vate or something like that for the number. >> After a user uploads, Extreme will exit to dos and run a batch file named COMMENT.BAT that will basically do whatever you want it to do. I'll have a COMMENT.BAT file in this zip so you can look at a basic one. The board will exit with two parameters. %1 will be the entire path, name and ext- ension of the zip file, and %2 will be just the extension (without the '.'). You can just check %2 to see if it's a ZIP or a LZH or whatever. >> Added shadowing to the DrawBox routine, to make the boxes look a little neater. >> Made new stat screens for the Logon Stats, Your Status, and the Transfer stats. I didn't like the look of the old status screens. I also added configurable stat screens for those screens. The MCI codes are in the docs under MCI codes with the name of the 3 configurable stat screens. >> Added a new header type (#4). It's the Velocity header. I logged on to a velocity board a few weeks ago, and the header looked real nice so I decided to use it as one of Extreme's headers. >> Added a few new options under the Color Configuration in the Config. It now allows you to change the color of headers #3 and #4. You can define the background, foreground and the outline colors for each of those two headers. >> Worked a lot on the transfers. Made it a little more clean looking. I also added the full screen upload screen for single upload, batch upload and sysop upload. >> Added an option in the Transfer Sysop area that will allow you to "Process" files in the area. When you process a file, you are just run- ning the COMMENT.BAT file on that file. >> Sorry about the docs, they aren't done as of yet. I have a basic out- lined documentations with this release, but they are by no means, done. *NOTE* For Extreme v1.04 sysops, please backup your BBS and run the convert programs named FILECONV.EXE and USERCONV.EXE. Read the docs for each of these if you do not know how to use them! v1.06 - [Updates] Started : 10/02/91 Finished : 10/26/91 >> Add quoting in the message base. All replies in the message base may be quoting if the user likes. >> Took out the AREACODE.BBS file, since it was causing major problems if a new user logged on with an areacode the was in the file. >> The User's Phone Number in Your status was all screwed up. It would not print the first 2 numbers of their area code. It does now! >> When a user did a search in the transfer section, the search would dump the user in the last file area, but now it dumps them back to the area where they started their scan. >> If a user uploaded a private file, any user could do an archive list of it, or even type it out if it wasn't archived. Now the private files are really private! >> When a sysop adds files, they get asked a question if they would like to demon task the file, and the default was set at NO. It is now defaulted at yes since the sysop would more likely demon task it than not demon task it. >> If a user knew your system password, but didn't have an account, they could go through the system password, then log on new. But after they logged on new, it wouldn't ask them to send feedback, and it would let them right into the board. It now won't do that. >> If you had the auto-validate files on, it would keep the files as NEW. I don't know why it didn't work how I had it (it should have), but it will work now! >> When I wrote the new NUV routines, I neglected to put in a check to see if the user actually had access to the NUV. I also forgot to check to see if the sysop even had NUV on! That is now fixed. >> I also added a Mandatory NUV option, if you turn this option on, then all users that are eligble to vote, will be put right into the NUV routines if there are new users to vote on. >> I made the VIEW CONFERENCE STATS configurable. I know that when you get a lot of messages and files, it's very slow. I will speed it up with next version, but for now if you think it is too slow, you can just turn it off (the user can still hit 'S' for system stats and take a look at the conference status if they want). >> Fixed a bug with the Upload/Download ratio getting reset. If you use your own configurable status screens, and used the MCI code to display their Upload/Download Ratio, it would set their required UDRatio to their current UDRatio. Stupid error on my part, but it's fixed! >> Did a major overhaul on the Net. As of v1.06 of Extreme, Extreme*Net 2.00 is here. There are major changes with the net, it now uses node lists to determine who is calling, and who to call. >> Added 3 more MCI codes. %RP tells them their required Post/Call Ratio. %RU tells them their required Upload/Download Ratio. %RK tells them their required Upload/Download K ratio. >> Fixed the coloration bug that sometimes came up when the system asked the user for the System Password. >> If you are a hub/host then you can make a text file called "NETHRS.BBS" that will tell users that the board is only recieving net calls at this time. (It will display it during Net Recieve hours). >> Fixed the "Date Applied" field in the new user voting. Before the date applied would come up as 0/0/80. Now it's the date that the user did apply. >> All the new options in the config program will now be highlighted per version. Old commands will be in Yellow, and the new options for the current version will be in Red. This makes it easier to know what is new and what isn't. >> Fixed the Matrix Chat to now sound a beep. Before there wasn't any beep but now there should be. >> Added a new command in the sysop options. It's [G] for Global Editing. I came across this idea when I wanted to make another conference and then had to go into the user editor and give everyone access to it. I thought that stunk. So I made a little global editor, where it will go through every user and give them all a certain stat, like Conference 1-5 access, main level, and File level. That is all there is for now, but when I think of more things to globally edit, then I'll add them. >> Back by popular demand is the macro. I took out macro 2 and 3 since I don't see any reason for them, but if someone wants all 3 back, then tell me and I'll stick them all in there. The macro is executed by the Ctrl-Z key in the editor. It is a one key swift macro now, since it won't ask which macro you want to use (1-3). >> Fixed a little bug with the Upload/Download ratios. If someone had 0 k downloaded and anything uploaded it would say their UDRatio was out of wack. It's now fixed. >> Recent Calls now means Recent Logons. Before if someone would enter the matrix it would consider it a recent call, now it will only record a recent call of someone logs on. >> When you hit 'S' in the User Editor for User's Stats, you would get your stats instead. It's now fixed! >> Fixed a bug in the batch uploading procedure. If you did a batch upload and tagged a file as private or put a password in there, it wouldn't register either of them. I zeroed out each of those variables after I went to the GetUploadData procedure, instead of before.