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- Terminate start date : 2. april 1992
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- + *MAJOR RELEASE* TERMINATE THE FINAL TERMINAL 3.00 *MAJOR FEATURES* +
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- + Terminate: +
- + PRESCRIPTION, a complete script programming language has been included +
- + Complete new VT100 that 100% supports the DEC standard +
- + Complete new VT220 that 100% supports the DEC standard +
- + Hostmode turned into a mini-BBS with loads of new features +
- + Ready out of the box for DOORWAY including DOORWAY.EXE and Doorway menu +
- + Call home and read mail, use the filemanager or shell to DOS predefined +
- + Now features the best cost calculation ever produced anywhere +
- + ISDN channel bundling and direct cFos support menu +
- + Fax sending is now available in all versions +
- + +
- + TerMail: +
- + The Next and Best Fidonet Mailsystem that has ever been produced! +
- + With INTERNET support, JAM-messagebase, Gecho-messagebase handling, +
- + CD-player, sender-picture-viewer, Address book, Fully automatic nodelist +
- + compiler/updater, File/Areafix manager, SmartNote, Area protection, +
- + message locking, everything faster, better and more automatic! +
- + TerMail got improved 10 times from last version, *MAJOR RELEASE* +
- + +
- + General for both programs: +
- + They run faster, more optimized, more reliable, faster everything and +
- + have been tested by the best testers from all over the world. +
- + Complete new and nicer layout and hotkeys wherever possible. +
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- + Read the TERMAIL\WHATSNEW.300 on a full update of the entirely new and
- super maileditor for Terminate.
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- + PRESCRIPTION, complete script language has been included.
-
- + VT100/VT220 100% emulation that supports national character
- sets in 11 different countries and for 6 codepages.
-
- + Hostmode news (mini-bbs):
- News generator which creates NEWS.ANS/ASC shown at login
- Definable NEWUSER.ANS/ASC which can be shown when a new user logs in
- Up to 100,000 fileareas can be defined.
- Up to 1,000,000 users can be defined.
- 4 different userlevels (Normal,Privileged,CoSysop,Supervisor)
- Subscription expiration date
- Definable EXPIRE.ANS/ASC which can be shown when the account expire
- Time limit per day
- Put files on hold for users {+}
- Last callers
- Guest account option, no time per day checking or changing of pwd/settings
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- + DOORWAY.EXE and DOORWAY.REG has been included with permission
- DOOR.BAT and DOORMENU will allow you directly to shell to dos, read your
- mail, use the filemanager *REMOTELY* also printer redirection has been
- included, so you can print using Terminate locally from a remote printer.
- Also predefined for remote control using ISDN fossil drivers like cfos.
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- + Cost-management completely rewritten, including new internal editor and
- new keywords: @INFO, @START, @CONNECT, @MINIMUM, @MAXIMUM, @CHARGESECOND,
- @STARTATONCE, @PAYBYPERIOD and @DISCOUNT.
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- + Fossil support has been speeded up with block buffering. Upload & download.
- + ISDN channel bundling, adding/removing B-channels while transfering files.
- + ISDN menu with all available and future functions of cFos.
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- + Nodelist compiler to quickly access the nodelists.
- + 8 nodelists now available instead of 3
- + Nodelist phone convertion changed to 10 entries in point system
- + Point system can use different initstrings for local areas
- + Point system can use different devices for various nodelist flags
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- + Zmodem send/receive batch transfer information is now fully supported.
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- + Minimum baudrate for each phone entry, and in pointsystem password.txt
- + 2 news debug emulation modes. HEX and ASCII.
- + Phonebooks can now be protected individually with passwords.
- + Flash numlock when receiving from modem
- + Increased download paths from 3 to 8
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- + Comments on initstrings, dial-prefix and dial-suffix
- + Dial-prefixes increased to 10 and to 35 characters each
- + Dial-suffixes increased to 35 characters
- + /INIT:"ATZ^M" send extra string at startup from command line
- + Private dialing, hide phone numbers or prefix/suffix
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- + Terminal simulation now have 3 speeds.
- + Help menu has now a print function print the entire file or just the page
- + Ring sound in terminal mode and hostmode if allowed
- + Fax dial timeout now definable
- + External blanker + example BLANKER.EXE, read online information first
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- + Faxing forced timeout, if transfer fails
- + Faxing incoming control improved.
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- + Left+right shift and Alt+Shift gives you additional keys in statusline
- + Alt-= Will now edit current keyboard or load new keyboard.
- + In DOS-shell a [TM] will be added to prompt
- + DOS-shell while downloading
- + Alt-1 uppercases string editing
- + Alt-2 lowercases string editing
- + !@ command for external protocols and utilities, for listfiles.
- + !Q ask user for string and inserts instead of !Q
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- + SmartNote expanded to 80 characters per line
- + Screen grabber now allows 25 lines of 132 characters
- + Usernames, handles, comments increased from 30 to 50 characters
- + Users in Terminate increased from 10 to 12
- + History strings increased to 25 and 21 editable with Alt-F9
- + Favourite 10 paths in Terminate Commander (file manager)
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- * Sound test improved in Alt-U, T
- * In keyboard you can use ^~ to send a ~ instead of pause (Internet)
- * More mouse support
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- - Portal simulation was removed
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- # Large parts of Terminate is now object oriented.
- # LODB.TXT has replaced DK-BBS.TXT as default BBS list
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- ! Due to extensive testing the last version 1.51 was a pretty bug-free
- version, so only minor fixes has been needed.
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