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- Mountain Reader II History
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- Mountain Reader II is the successor to Mountain QWK.
- Mountain QWK was originally released August 19, 1993
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- Beta Version 2.a - Added support for Bluewave message format
- May 3, 1994 - Developed internal expansion for future message formats
- - Switch to disk based access to eliminate capacity limits
- - New Menus and Interface routines
- - Improved Menu Bar and GEM handling
- - Increased use of assembly routines
- - Exclude unneeded files from packet decompression
- - Switched to internal message sorting
- - Now obsolete, message 'Threading' was eliminated
- - Consolidated Path and Preference settings into one menu
- - Add user to lockout list by pressing 'U' key when reading
- - Expanded interface configuration options
- - Expanded reading method options
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- Beta Version 2.b - Added Reply Editor Menu
- May 13, 1994 - Added and enhanced internal text editor
- - Added QWK .REP packet creation
- - Reduced Bluewave processing to 1/3 of original speed
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- Beta Version 2.c - Added Message Quoting Menu
- May 17, 1994 - Exit to main menu at end of messages
- - Redesigned program information screen
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- Beta Version 2.d - Fixed random bombing when saving messages
- May 20, 1994 - Fixed truncation problem with replies
- - Reworked reply code to eliminate random bugs
- - Modified Quoting code to handle <G> style comments
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- Beta Version 2.e - Fixed random bombing in configuration menu
- May 27, 1994 - Implemented Bluewave reply sections
- - Fixed reader to show last line of message
- - Modified quoting to allow selection past end of line
- - Cleaned up program initialization code
- - Changed memory allocation for internal buffers
- - Expanded message limit to 500 lines
- - Expanded editor limit to 500 lines
- - Implemented External Text Editor
- - Added 'Control Key' deleting in reply selector
- - Added context sensitive help in several areas
- - Implemented Taglines
- - Added Tagline 'Stealing'
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- Beta Version 2.f - Added 'status' display to tagline stealing
- June 3, 1994 - Added ABORTING to tagline stealing
- - Added preselection to tagline stealing/importing/exporting
- - Added manual tagline stealing to message reader
- - Added 'Append' option to message and editor saving
- - Added folder deletion for invalid message packets
- - Implemented Conference Configuration Menu
- - Implemented QWK and Bluewave conference configurations
- - Implemented Bulletin Reader
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- Beta Version 2.g - Improved bulletin reader
- June 10, 1994 - Added Offline File Requesting
- - Added 'Terminal' definition to preferences menu
- - "Dial BBS" now calls your terminal program
- - Fixed the problem of certain messages being cut off
- - The last line in a quote will no longer be dropped
- - Early implementation of DEMO limits
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- Beta Version 2.h - Implemented new "Online Help System"
- June 17, 1994 - Added GDOS manual printouts
- - Changed taglines to "stay in place"
- - Added "Find" function to tagline editor
- - Added "Carbon Copies" to reply editor
- - Added area sorting to all area functions
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- Beta Version 2.i - Added verification dialog to editor "Clear" function
- June 24, 1994 - Fixed bug of text block staying marked after a quote
- - Added "Bookmarks" to message viewer ('B' key)
- - Changed buffer allocations to reduce memory requirements
- - Added Address Book to message editor (right click on TO)
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- Beta Version 2.j - Fixed a major bug in the window creation routines
- July 1, 1994 - Fixed the 'disappearing tagline' bug
- - Fixed a bug when loading long files into text editor
- - Added user definable reply splitting
- - Fixed the 'single line paragraphs' bug
- - Further reductions in memory usage to allow use in 1 meg
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- Beta Version 2.k - Fixed a bug in the bulletin viewer when used in ST High
- July 13, 1994 - Several changes to improve Geneva compatibility
- - Fix bombing problem when HELP file was missing
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- Version 2.0 - Released July 15, 1994
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- Version 2.1 - Fixed several bugs that caused "random" bombing
- August 5, 1994 - Add detection for "out-of-range" message areas
- - Fixed missing title when quoting from earlier message
- - Modifications to improve multitasking compatibility
- - Right Clicking on Title Bar now recenters window
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- Version 2.2 - Additional modifications to reduce "random" bombing
- August 31, 1994 - Added File Attachment transfers for MAJOR BBS software
- - Switched to "quiet" compression/decompression of packets
- - Added a new loading status display
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- Version 2.3 - Mouse Blocking in the editor no longer locks up
- October 12, 1994 - Mouse Blocking now compatible with Geneva
- - Fixed "sorting messages" cosmetic bug when sending replies
- - Fixed duplicate message bug with Bluewave reply packets
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- Version 2.4 - Added ability to load and edit .REP reply packets
- October 28, 1994 - Search string can now include leading/trailing spaces
- - Minor changes to improve search speed
- - Search matches now highlighted in message text
- - Added Conference preselection to search function.
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- Version 2.5 - Added area verification to QWK message decoding
- November 27, 1994 - Added truncated file detection to QWK decoder
- - Added truncated file detection to message reader
- - Improved archiver error reporting
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