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  16.                    │            P K I N S E R T            │
  17.                    │              Version 6.4              │
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  19.                    │   Copyright 7th Illusion, 1990-1991   │
  20.                    │          All Rights Reserved          │
  21.                    │     Released September 22nd, 1991     │
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  23.                    │            F R E E W A R E            │
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  30.                    │         History Documentation         │
  31.                    │            in Reverse Order           │
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  37.                    │              7th Illusion             │
  38.                    │          Post Office Box 1334         │
  39.                    │               Station H               │
  40.                    │            Montreal, Quebec           │
  41.                    │                 Canada                │
  42.                    │                H3G 2N6                │
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  44.                    │         Node 1  (514)338-1193         │
  45.                    │    USRobotics Courier HST 14400 Bps   │
  46.                    │        1:167/281.0@Fidonet.Org        │
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  48.                    │         Node 2  (514)338-1680         │
  49.                    │        GVC Super Modem 2400 Bps       │
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  62.      PKinsert History Documentation in Reverse Order           Page 1  of 4
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  64.  
  65.                                   Version 6.4
  66.                          Released September 22nd, 1991
  67.  
  68.      Set maximum  file read  length to 8k.   This solves  a string overflow
  69.      problem reading an  extremely large capture  file (created by shelling
  70.      to  Pkzip).   In  cases  where the  limit  is  exceeded,  an ///EOI///
  71.      (end-of-input) marker  will be  displayed.  This  has no  other effect
  72.      than limiting the amount of text scrolled on the screen.
  73.  
  74.      In order  to properly link  with other PCBoard  archive utilities, the
  75.      handling  of the  Extended Pass  and Fail  logs has  changed.  Details
  76.      follow.
  77.  
  78.          If an Extended Pass log  already exists, Pkinsert will rename this
  79.          log to Fail before appending it's own Fail report.
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  81.          Ie.  The  archive has  passed test  #1 which  created Pcbpass.Txt.
  82.               Then comes  Pkinsert (test  #2) and  the archive  fails.  The
  83.               Pcbpass.Txt  from  test  #1  is  renamed  to  Pcbfail.Txt and
  84.               Pkinsert appends it's report.
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  86.          If an Extended Fail log already  exists, it will be used to append
  87.          the Pass or Fail reports.
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  89.          Ie.  The archive could  fail test #1 but  pass Pkinsert (test #2).
  90.               In this case Pkinsert would append it's Pcbpass.Txt report to
  91.               the already existing Pcbfail.Txt log.
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  93.          Batch files should  therefore start with deleting  any old Pass or
  94.          Fail logs.  Otherwise Pkinsert will simply append it's reports.
  95.  
  96.                                   Version 6.3
  97.                           Released September 8th, 1991
  98.  
  99.      Pkinsert will recognize and process self-extracting Zips.
  100.  
  101.      File reading and swapping from disk was unbearable.  It turns out that
  102.      for every record accessed,  the last position within  a file was being
  103.      lost.  I have to apologize to everyone for this one ...
  104.  
  105.      When renaming was enabled and Pkinsert ran out of work space (or other
  106.      disk  related errors),  it would  exit  without renaming  the archive.
  107.      Pkinsert will now  rename archives to  .Err on these  occasions.  In a
  108.      batch  file  you  could  move these  .Err  files  to  a  directory for
  109.      re-processing under supervision.
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  111.      If  a nested  archive was  corrupt and  file renaming  was set  to No,
  112.      Pkinsert wouldn't clean up it's work directories.
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  114.      After extracting  nested archives, Pkinsert  wouldn't kill  them as it
  115.      was supposed to.
  116.  
  117.                                   Version 6.2
  118.                             Released August 10, 1991
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  122.      PKinsert History Documentation in Reverse Order           Page 2  of 4
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  126.      Reason for Upgrade
  127.      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  128.      Matthew  Cooley  reported  an  incompatibility  problem  with  the new
  129.      PCBoard V14.5a (Beta) features.
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  131.      New Features
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  133.      /D       Command line option.  Path to Pcb upload description file.
  134.      /TEST    Command line option.
  135.      Zero byte file errorlevel code 112.
  136.      Standard tagline signature developed.  In HEX:  FF 08 xx FF <tagline>.
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  138.      Bugs Squashed
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  140.      If a virus was found and rename was disabled, Pkinsert would not clean
  141.      it's work directories.
  142.  
  143.                                   Version 6.1
  144.                             Released August 2, 1991
  145.  
  146.      Split code from 3 to 5 modules.
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  148.      Pkinsert will display any size status file.  V6.0 was limited to 6k.
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  150.      If Pass/Fail  extended logs  exist, Pkinsert  will delete  them before
  151.      creating a new one.  This saves 2 lines in the Pcbtest.Bat file.
  152.  
  153.      Process error codes from Add and  Delete functions.  They are the ones
  154.      which can report if archive is read-only.
  155.  
  156.      Clean-up work directories before Add and Delete functions.  This gives
  157.      Pkzip a bit more room to create it's work file.
  158.  
  159.      Check files for  unique 4 byte  Zip signature.  This  is more reliable
  160.      than  using file  name  extensions.  No  matter  what name  an archive
  161.      carries, Pkinsert will test it.
  162.  
  163.      New Errorlevel code 111 for illegal archive compression used.
  164.  
  165.      Pkinsert code stands at  2,461 lines in five  Quick Basic V4.5 modules
  166.      and 108,814 bytes compiled.
  167.  
  168.                                   Version 6.0
  169.                              Released July 25, 1991
  170.  
  171.      There's been so many  features added, I can't  remember them all.  The
  172.      following where the major ones.
  173.  
  174.      Total revamp of the configuration module.
  175.      Pkinsert will process `nested' archives.
  176.      Verbose log files based on results.
  177.      Configurable disk swapping.
  178.      Exit with Dos error levels.
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