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- Read_ME.1st
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- WILDCAT! BBS System Version 1.03SW
-
- This file contains update information listed in chronological order
- for releases since version 1.0. Read all information to become
- familiar with added features and enhancements.
-
- NOTE ON SUPPORT:
-
- Mustang Software is very serious about providing support to our registered
- users. IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED USER you may take advantage of this
- service. As you know, we offer telephone support M-F, 9am - 4pm (PST) at
- our office in Bakersfield. The number is 805/395-0223.
-
- We also run a BBS (WILDCAT! of course) 24 hours day/seven days a week. We
- support 9600, 2400, 1200 & 300 bauds calls. The phone number is 805/395-0650.
-
- Lastly, we are also providing support on GEnie (General Electric Information
- Services). GEnie was choosen because of their BBS Round Table. The Sysop's
- on GEnie are very well informed on just about every Bulletin Board product
- available, including WILDCAT! GEnie is also very inexpensive. At only $5.00
- an hour (1200 baud) it may be cheaper for some of you to call them, instead
- of us in California. We try to check in atleast once a day to answer any
- questions which may have been posted.
-
- To get to the BBS Round Table, just type BBS at any prompt. Then select
- Catagory # 5, Topic # 14 and you'll be in the WILDCAT! topic section.
-
- To sign-up on GEnie, call 800/638-9636 (VOICE). The price is $18.00, and
- you'll get 3 FREE hours on. You'll also receive a manual and monthly
- newsletter.
-
-
- CHANGES & UPDATES
-
- Several enhancements have been made to the new Shareware version (1.03). If you are
- upgrading from the Shareware version (1.0) you must follow the instructions
- listed at the end of this text file.
-
- The following additions, changes and omissions must be noted:
-
-
- Changes made since Shareware version 1.0 added to release 1.01:
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-
-
- 1. Fixed the bug involving the [N]ew files search. The caller was not
- allowed to enter any other date for the search.
-
- 2. Fixed a nasty bug in the Sysop File Maintenance routines. The bug is
- reported as an array out of range, and pops up when the user doesn't
- have any files in their database or they match/set on an area (Like
- recent uploads) and move ALL the files out of that area.
-
- 3. Fixed the [N]ext file bug in the Sysop (File Maintenance).
-
- 4. Cleaned up some of the questionnaire output!
-
- 5. Fixed spelling error in <HOME> help screen.
-
- 6. Fixed a bug involving uploads protocol choice.
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- 7. Cleaned up some of our wording/terminology.
-
- 8. Now when the Sysop drops to Dos, if a caller is online they are
- notified.
-
- 9. After a Drop to DOS, WILDCAT! returns to the sub-directory WILDCAT! was
- started from, preventing directory errors.
-
- 10. If a carbon copy is addressed to "Sysop" it now converts the CC to the
- default first & last name of the actual SYSOP.
-
- 11. Cleaned-up the [Y]our Settings and [U]ser (Sysop) Maintenance screens,
- spaced things out a bit.
-
- 12. If a message is in conference 'Y' (that is it has been deleted) then
- the Kill prompt will NOT be displayed.
-
- 13. WILDCAT! maintains the users TIME LEFT of a given day in their user
- file. If, when they call, we notice they have been on the system once
- already that day we grab their TIME REMAINING from their user profile,
- instead of looking up what their DTL is. So, if you called in and had
- 60 minutes and there was an EVENT in 15 minutes, WILDCAT! would bump
- their time down to 15, then when they logged off, save their Time
- Remaining to 15 minus whatever time they used. WILDCAT! didn't give
- them their 45 minutes back, so if they called back later in the day,
- they were short changed. Well, this is all fixed now. Why did I
- explain all this you ask? Well, I believe it is important to
- understand how this works. If you give a new user 20 minutes for their
- first day, and you dump their access level in the same day, when they
- call back, since it is the same day we don't check their DTL. They will
- not see the EXTRA time until the next day.
-
- 14. The QUESTIONNAIRE was not branching correctly on non-choice questions.
-
- 15. Forwarding mail to the 'SYSOP' now converts 'SYSOP' to the defaults for
- Sysop name in MAKEWILD.
-
- 16. Added more DesQview support with the windows and direct screen writing.
-
- 18. Redesigned the Match/Set in the Sysop file area maintenance area. This
- redesign helped improve the search speed by 50%. We also now list all
- the files alphabetically, when viewing files by area.
-
- 20. Change the Press <C/R> to [ENTER] for consistency reasons. Also, this
- prompt is used mainly when the user is in novice mode only.
-
- 21. Support for the USR HST (9600 Baud) modem is included!
-
- The program CONVERT.COM is included on your Support File Diskette. It is an
- invaluable aid to creating File database information for both new SYSOPS as
- well as those who have run other BBS programs. Be sure and read the
- documentation file, CONVERT.DOC for more information on conversion of DIR
- listings or other BBS file lists to WILDCAT! format.
-
-
- VERSION 1.02
-
- 1. Fixed a bug in the Move file feature which created duplicate file
- indexes and didn't correctly maintain the file area information. (Note: this
- bug was only in the first Commercial version 1.01)
-
- VERSION 1.03
-
- 1. Fixed a bug in the file listing area. The listing would not include files
- that started with numbers.
-
- 2. Added the ability to lock the comm port at any rate and not change the
- rate when a call comes in. Some modems like the USR HST will allow you to
- lock the comm port at 19.2k so WILDCAT! and the modem will communicate at
- 19.2K and the modem takes care of all the flow control to the remote
- terminal. This increases throughput and makes the communication at 9600
- baud just fly! Other 2400 baud modems (that support this type of locking)
- could be locked at 9600 to increase the throughput for 2400 baud calls.
-
- 3. Fixed the [HOME] bug that was causing some problems on some systems.
-
- 4. Fixed a problem with moving files across drives.
-
- 5. Changed the way NEW files are displayed to the callers. We no longer
- display NEW files by area, which helped speed up the listing considerably.
-
- 6. Turned off the inactivity timer when the sysop drops to DOS locally.
-
- 7. Fixed a bug involving the Check B_Day & Phone number options. If you
- enter a zero in either one of these options, it would crash the system with
- a division by zero error.
-
- 8. Added a Memo Date field to the User file. This will be handy for
- subscription boards.
-
- 9. Added two more imbedded control codes listing:
- ^U^Q The User's Memo Date
- ^U^R The User's Maximum number of DL permitted per day.
-
- 10. Changed the printer error routine, so it should work with more printers.
-
- 11. Fixed the ^B toggle to turn off the -- More -- prompt.
-
- 12. Fixed a bug in the file maintenance. Seems if you moved a bunch of
- files, WILDCAT! would skip a few when getting the next file.
-
- 13. Added the ability to not have the user's password displayed on the local
- console when the user is signing on. Refer the MAKEWILD, Security Info.
-
- 14. Fixed a bug in the questionnaire, seemed if a user dropped carrier at
- a multiple choice question the system would crash.
-
- 15. added the ability to display color BULLETx files.
-
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- UPDATE PROCEDURES FOR VERSION 1.0 TO VERSION 1.03
-
- 1. BACKUP all .DAT files and all .IDX files, CONFIGWC.BBS and
- MENUINFO.BBS!
-
- 2. Run CHANGEWC.COM to update your current CONFIGWC.BBS file to
- reflect the new configuration features. You must be in your WILDCAT!
- main directory when CHANGEWC is run.
-
- 3. Run MAKEWILD.COM (new version). Make changes to reflect new options
- in Frame 3 starting at question 3. You need not change your settings
- unless you are experiencing problems.
-
- 4. Start WILDCAT! and IMMEDIATELY go to the [R]eports for Sysop Menu.
- Select option [I]ndex database Menu and re-index your Files database
- using selection 1. This is necessary since additional index keys have
- been added which speed up searching during Match/Set. FAILURE TO
- RE-INDEX MAY RESULT IN IRREVERSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF YOUR FILES DATABASE.
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- YOUR NEW SHAREWARE VERSION IS NOW OPERABLE.