11/02/94
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Fixed - When running the program it said it was version 6.1, when it
was really version 7.0.
10/28/94
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PCB-Net 7.0 released
Added - /CHKIDX command line switch. If you want PCB-NET to update
the MSGS.IDX file, then you need to add this to the command
line. This is *only* needed if you are using some type of
software that imports messages that does not update the
MSGS.IDX file. 99% of the people will NOT need to use this
switch.
Previous versions of the software always checked to make
sure the MSGS.IDX was up to date. That wasted process time
and would slow down PCB-Net. I highly suggest that you do
not use this switch.
Fixed - Memory corruption could occur if you DECREASED the number
of conferences in PCBSetup.
Fixed - Other minor problems were fixed and hopefully optimized
the code to run a little faster.
02/28/94
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Fixed - The code was leaving the HIGH COLOR bit on, which with some
video cards would leave it on permanently when exiting the
program. It no longer turns this option on (since it isn't
needed anymore).
Fixed - If you were using the /SAFE mode, it wasn't suppose to try and
allocate any memory which could cause the program to exit with
a memory error condition.
Changed - If the program can't allocate the necessary memory, it will
default to the /SAFE mode (which will enable the program to
run if you're low on memory).
Changed - If you use the /FAST mode, the program will now disable the
Exploding Windows (since we want it to run as fast as
possible).
02/24/94
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Changed - Previous versions of PCB-Net read in the MSGS file path
location for each conference you had defined on your system
and could cause an OUT OF MEMORY error. This will speed
things up dramatically and use less memory.
Changed - Increase the UsersNdx buffer by 100 users for each .NDX
file. This should allow systems with bigger USERS file to
operate faster.
Changed - We linked in the TCXL Library. This gave us some different
screen designs and it also makes it possible so we can
compile our OS/2 version without any problems. Previous
users running OS/2 had a pretty UGLY screen since the
screen routines we were using previously only worked with
the TopSpeed C compiler.
You should note that if you are using OS/2, you should use
the PCBNETO2.EXE instead of the PCBNET.EXE.
06/09/93
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Fixed - If a message header block was so big, PCB-Net would
consider it a negative amount of blocks (opps).. Simply
changing to unsigned characters fixed this problem.
Fixed - The 20 second delay was actually 30 seconds. Fixed it
so it's only 20 seconds now.
Enhanced - The program will now look for your PCBNET.KEY file in the
SAME directory that your PCBNET.EXE is located. Be sure
you place this file in that directory so the program
runs properly. I've also modified the code so that it
will check the current directory for the KEY file as well
for backward compatibility.
05/22/93
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Fixed - Had a problem with the routine for KEY file. Nothing
serious, but I had one person whose KEY file wouldn't
be recognized <arg>.
05/17/93
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Enhanced - I no longer do a case sensitive compare on the name. I
thought I was doing this entire time, but I was wrong.
Fixed - If a message base contained no message, I would create a
.IDX file. This was wrong.
I made some other change, but don't recall what it was. I believe it
was something cosmetic that really didn't matter too much (nothing
serious).
