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Changes for 2.03
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- There was a problem with the XMODEM download code that could cause
various types of problems depending on your system configuration. If
you downloaded to a RAM-disk you would never have noticed it. If
you downloaded to a hard-disk you might have occasionally seen block 2
get retried for no apparent reason. If you downloaded to a floppy then
quite often you wouldn't be able to get past the first block of the file.
This was due to STalker flushing out the RS232 receive buffer before
looking for each block [this is necessary to avoid nasty errors when
using XMODEM with hosts that retransmit blocks if they don't see a NAK
after a certain amount of time]. This logic has been changed so
that now STalker flushes out the receive buffer *just before* it
sends an ACK or NAK.
- An alert has been added that allows you to retry or cancel if an
error occurs on the disk file when STalker flushes the transfer
buffer. This mainly impacts floppy users, who could potentially
change floppies mid-transfer. Now you have a chance to put back
the floppy that the file you're transferring is on. Just a
couple of cautions though: the file transfer is of course
suspended while STalker is waiting for you to insert the correct
floppy; if you take too long the host may time-out and abort the
transfer. Also note that GEMDOS closes any open files when you
eject a disk, so the main application that you're using could be
in for a surprise if you flip floppies on it. Most don't leave
any files open when they're not doing I/O, but keep this in mind
if the application complains about file errors.
- Screen re-drawing when STalker was not the front window got
messed up in 2.01 - it's back to normal now.
Changes for 2.02
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- The fixes made in 2.01 for large-screen monitors managed to screw up
the screen clearing code - it cleared the screen buffer but didn't
always redraw the STalker window. This little mistake has been
corrected.
- While I was in there, I decided to implement a suggestion from a
user. There is now a new command: Shift-ALT-H. This command
does a normal Hang Up (ALT-H), pauses for 4 seconds so the modem
can catch its breath, then dials the remaining selected entries
as if Shift-ALT-A had been typed. It is functionally identical
to typing ALT-H, pausing, then typing Shift-ALT-A. This command
is especially useful in conjunction with the "dial & de-select"
mode in the autodialer. Four seconds seems to be long enough for
all of the modems I've tried - let me know if it's too short for
your modem and I'll increase it in the next update.
Changes for 2.01
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- A rather serious bug was found in the Shadow access code - it
didn't work at all! I don't know how it managed to break between
beta testing and the 2.00 release, but it did. Sorry for any
inconvenience this may have caused.
- The text routines used on non-standard ST screens (ex. Overscan,
Hyperscreen, Moniterm) were leaving a cursor blotch behind. It
was merely a cosmetic problem - all the text was there and would
appear normally as soon as the screen was re-drawn, but it
certainly didn't look nice. In the process of fixing this I
managed to speed up the VDI-only text output used in this mode;
now it's faster and smoother than before.
- I just got my TOS 1.4 release notes in the mail today (I've been
a registered developer since early '89) and there I discovered
that creating a file with its HIDDEN bit set doesn't really
create a hidden file (this is why SCRAP.TXT would show up in the
GEM Desktop's window). Now that I know what I'm supposed to be
doing, SCRAP.TXT is hidden. I'll make the same change to STeno
but I don't think it's worth providing a patch for just this one
item - it'll be there in the next version of STeno.
Eric Rosenquist,
Strata Software
Bix : e_rosenquist
CIS : 72711,2503
GEnie: E.ROSENQUIST