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VERSION 2.1
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Version 2.1 is a maintenance release. The previous version ran
into problems when it encountered an entry in the Nodelist that
exceeded a line length of 100 characters. This resulted in a
corrupted listing.
VERSION 2.0
~~~~~~~~~~~
Version 2.0 of BOARDS.EXE is a complete rewrite of the program
from QBASIC into C. This was brought about because of data space
limitations with QBASIC causing the program to run out of memory
when processing very large Regions in the Nodelist. Conversion to
C removed this limitation and memory related problems should be a
thing of the past.
New features brought about during the update:
o Program will now handle the largest of Regions. In cases of
severe memory shortage a partial listing will be produced.
o Program can now extract a complete Zone 'on the fly' rather
than having to run the program for each Region.
o Zone to be processed now selectable. Removes earlier problem
with duplicated Region numbers in different Zones.
o Program can now create listings in three formats - Avatar, ANSI
and plain ASCII.
o Header filename and path are now user definable rather than
being hard coded.
o Extended help now contained in a separate support file that may
be deleted if not required.
o Listing page size now user definable and able to be deselected.
o Default sort is now on the 'Location' field. Earlier versions
defaulted to sorting on the 'Telephone Number' field.
o User may now select to keep duplicate board entries in the
listing. Earlier version forced their deletion.
o Program size reduced from 51 Kbytes to 28 Kbytes and will now
run in as little as 70 Kbytes of free memory compared to an
absolute minimum of 140 Kbytes for earlier versions.
o Memory requirements now dependent on the size of the largest
Region to be processed.
o Option to produce a MAP file of regions/zones extracted to allow
automatic OPUS menu creation by companion program BOARDSMU.
One option that existed in earlier versions that has been removed
with the release of version 2.0 is the /B+ option. A systems baud
rate is now always listed as its maximum rate. If you don't know
what /B+ did.... don't worry about it.