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- USBBSDoor Revision History
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- This file describes the new features in recent USBBSDoor releases.
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- Please refer to USBBSDOR.DOC for a basic description of USBBSDoor.
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- [ USBBSDoor 5.4 New Features 05/09/95 ] ------------------------------
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- * New command - (I)nternet BBS Search. This command searches the USBBS
- list for systems offering Internet services. These searches may be
- narrowed to Area codes, States or the Entire list. When displaying a
- system using the (I) command, USBBSDoor will "expand" the listing on
- the screen. This expanded display takes the one-letter Internet list
- designation and displays it as a verbose listing on a second line.
-
- * To accommodate the (I)nternet command, "(I)nfo on USBBS" has been
- changed to (U)SBBS info.
-
- * The (M)odem brand search has become obsolete and has been removed.
-
- * The new (I)nternet and (U)SBBS-info commands, as well as the removed
- (M)odem command are reflected in the enclosed MENU and HELPx files.
- If you are already running USBBSDoor, these new files should be used
- and the MODEM file can be deleted.
-
- * USBBSDoor now accepts ANY three digit number as an area code. In the
- past, area codes always had a 0 or 1 as the second digit. USBBSDoor
- would validate area code input by making sure the three digit number
- met this requirement before searching the entire list. A shortage of
- area codes caused the second-digit 0/1 requirement to be dropped by
- the phone companies recently.
-
- * The AREA, AREA2 and AREA3 files have been updated with the new area
- codes since USBBSDoor's last release.
-
- * The BRAND file reflects the current USBBS List software brand codes.
-
- * USBBSDOR becomes USBBSDoor - "USBBSDOR" was conceived in early 1987
- for a single BBS package. In that time period, for that particular
- software, the common nomenclature for naming "doors" was to fit the
- door name into eight characters (the DOS limit for a file's base
- name). Therefore DOOR was often clipped to DOR. Hence this door's
- original name, USBBSDOR. That naming convention is long a thing of
- the past. For the last few years "USBBSDOR"'s author has desired to
- change the name, fearing people might think he cannot spell his own
- program's name! Now this program will be spelled "USBBSDoor". Of
- course, some file names such as USBBSDOR.EXE will remain the same.
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- * * * QSUSBBS New Features * * *
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- * The filename has changed for separate QSUSBBS distribution and is
- is now QSUSB21.ZIP (or QSUSB21.ARJ, etc.). In the last release of
- USBBSDoor (5.3) the filename was QSUSB20.ZIP.
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- - To create a new QSUSB21.ZIP, make sure the NEW QSUSBBS.EXE and
- QSUSBBS.DOC are located with the NEW USBBSDOR.EXE. Then run the
- enclosed QSREG.BAT file.
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- * QSUSBBS now accepts ANY three digit number as an area code. See the
- text above for USBBSDoor for details.
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- * The area code help screens have been updated with the new area codes
- since QSUSBBS's last release.
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- [ USBBSDoor 5.3 New Features 12/23/93 ] ------------------------------
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- * USBBSDoor now recognizes the RIP designation in PCBoard, Wildcat!,
- and DOOR.SYS modes. When encountered, USBBSDoor will act as if the
- caller is in regular COLOR mode.
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- * If USBBSDoor detects a RIP communications program, it will clear the
- caller's RIP screen and set it to 25 line mode. This is needed for
- USBBSDoor's list display screen which is designed to be used on a 25
- line screen.
-
- * QSUSBBS, the off-line USBBS list searcher and viewer, has several
- new features:
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- - At the QSUSBBS.EXE input prompt, the user may now enter an "A"
- alone (without the quotes) to display a list of area codes by
- state. An "S" may be entered alone to display a list of state
- code abbreviations.
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- - If no USBBS list file name is given on the QSUSBBS.EXE command
- line, QSUSBBS will search for the newest file name matching
- USBBS???.LST in the current directory, and use one if found.
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- - QSUSBBS will add the extension .LST to the command-line list
- filename (USBBSxxx.LST) if not included during startup.
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- - The filename has changed for separate QSUSBBS distribution and
- is now QSUSB21.ZIP (QSUSB21.ARJ, etc.).
-
- * A command line switch was added for users of intelligent multi-port
- serials cards (requiring a FOSSIL driver) on some nodes, and regular
- serial ports on others. This switch is /NOFOSSIL and should be used
- on the nodes not using a FOSSIL (and only when FOSSIL mode has been
- turned on in USBBSDoor's configuration screen). This switch would
- be placed in the door batch files on the nodes where needed.
-
- * The AREA files reflect the new 610 area code in Pennsylvania.
-
- * USBBSDoor now contains an internal ANSI emulator for those folks who
- still use the old fashioned "one ASCII file for mono, one ANSI file
- for color" method for menu, hello, help, etc. files. While ANSI.SYS
- has never been needed on the host to use USBBSDoor's screen movement
- or any of the menus, etc. done with color macros, it was needed for
- local display if the menus, etc. were ANSI files.
-
- * USBBSDoor's use of the popular DOOR.SYS file is now documented in
- the USBBSDOR.DOC file. This is to assist Sysops whose BBS software
- does not create the standard 52 line DOOR.SYS or any of the other
- formats supported by USBBSDoor.
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- Very early versions are listed below with their version numbers and
- release dates only. The detail has been omitted to keep the size of
- this file lower. Contact the author if this detail is needed.
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- Version 5.2 04-09-93
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- Version 5.1 11-14-92
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- Version 5.0 07-06-92
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- Version 4.5 01-24-92
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- Version 4.4 11-01-91
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- Version 4.3 09-01-91
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- Version 4.2 07-06-91
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- Version 4.1 04-26-91
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- Version 4.0 11-09-90
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- Version 3.0 - 03-18-89
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- Version 2.1 - 12-19-88
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- Version 2.0 - 08-20-88
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- Version 1.5 - 01-03-88
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- Version 1.4 - 12-06-87
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- Version 1.3 - 11-28-87
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- Version 1.2 - 11-07-87
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- Version 1.1 - 07-28-87
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- Version 1.0 - 07-06-87
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