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┌───────────────────────┐
│ ProBoard version 1.22 │
└───────────────────────┘
This version is identical to version 1.21, as released on March 28th 1992.
All the executables will show "1.21" as the version number.
We decided to re-release it, because we had some problems with Mike Wagner,
the person who handled the US registrations. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY
TO MIKE WAGNER. If you did send money to him, and you haven't received your
key file, please send a copy of your cancelled check to the new registration
address. We will be glad to send a key to you. If you don't have any proof
of registration, you should contact Mike Wagner, and demand your money back.
The new Registration/Support site in the U.S.A. is:
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ProBoard USA / Rivendell BBS
c/o Paul Tabara
P.O. Box 361
Champlin, MN 55316
USA
BBS : (612) 323-9473 (v32bis/v42bis/HST)
Fido : 1:282/90
Sysop: Paul Tabara
To encourage you to download this version, we have included a well-tested
pre-release of EFL 1.30 , the famous file tagging program designed for
ProBoard.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Please note: You are not allowed to distribute this pre-release of │ │
│ │ EFL 1.30 seperately! It can only be made available as │ │
│ │ part of ProBoard 1.22 (PB_122.ARJ) │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Upgrade procedure for users of ProBoard v1.20 and v1.21
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You don't have to do anything special in order to upgrade to this version,
however a backup of your existing files is always a good idea.
If you are using an earlier version, you'll have to follow the procedure
described below:
Upgrade procedure for users of ProBoard v1.15-1.17
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Make a backup of your USERS.PRO file!
- Extract the v1.22 archive in your ProBoard directory, overwriting all
executables.
- Run CONVERT PB
It is normal that the conversion utility reports "Already converted" for
some files. The USERS.PRO file will be deleted and 4 new files will be
created in your message base directory: USERS.BBS,USERSXI.BBS,LASTREAD.BBS
and USERSPB.BBS
- Run PROCFG and go to the <Options> <Text Strings>, and exit PROCFG. You
will be asked if you want to save changes.
- You might want to check all the configuration parameters, because some
new options were added in ProCFG.
- Run PBUTIL UF
- READY!
** NOTE: DO NOT COMPRESS PROBOARD.EXE with an EXE-file compression utility! **
Changes since v1.20
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- Quiet mode (-Q) is now REALLY quiet. (except for attention and page tunes)
- When the user exceeds the maximum password retries, ProBoard will allow the
the user to post a message to the sysop.
- The MK and MR modules from PBUTIL have now been eliminated. The message
packer will now handle the repair of a damaged message base. It will also
kill old messages while packing (if told to do so)
- It's now possible to specify a "system password" for ProBoard. When enabled,
ProBoard will ask for a fixed password before asking the user for a name.
- Function 49 (Change msg area) now accepts a data field similar to the
"change file area" function, allowing greater flexibility.
- New shell parameter: *O will be replaced with the path to the cvurrent
file area.
- New shell parameter: *_ will tell ProBoard not to write underscores instead
of spaces when writing the file DORINFOx.DEF. Needed for all Motor City
doors.
- The following options have been added for the functions "Goto Menu",
"Gosub Menu" and "Goto Menu & Clear":
- /M=+ Set next accessible message area
- /M=- Set prev accessible message area
- /F=+ Set next accessible file area
- /F=- Set prev accessible file area
- It's now possible to specify a list of filenames that don't affect the
user's download limit (free files).
- A new configuration option in the file areas setup allows you to specify
a file area as being free.
- Support for multiple directories per file area!
- You can now customize the following functions with lots of parameters:
* Toggle ANSI
* Toggle ClearScreen
* Toggle More
* Toggle Avatar/0
* Toggle Avatar/0+
* Toggle FsEd
- "Fast mode" is now really fast.
- New SDK functions: SetFullColor()
ExternalInput()
GotoXY()
putenv()
ErrorLevel()
ClrEol().
GetIniVar()
SetIniVar()
- New mode for the SDK function "Input()" : INPUT_PWD (or together with
another mode value if you want ProBoard to display the configured
password character while typing something)
- Bug fix: '|' did not work in the modem init-string
- Bug fix: An empty user record was sometimes written to disk when shelling.
- Bug fix: When running standalone, the logon/logoff times in the list of
last callers were wrong.
- Bug fix: The -L<level> command line option now works fine when new users
are logging on.
- Bug fix: all lastread-pointer problems should now be fixed (important when
using external mail readers)
- Bug fix: ANSI detection has been fixed.
- Bug fix: lastread pointer stored in user record is now updated after
renumbering the message base.