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History
V. 1.00
First wide area Beta release. The program is perfect in every
way. Absolutely flawless. Performs exactly as expected on every
system and with every TNC.
V. 1.01
Fixed small Typographical error in source code. Could happen to
anyone.
V. 1.02
Fixed compiler error in Interrupt Service Routine. Fixed bug
which caused the TNCB.USY file to be left in the ARPD directory if the
door was entered when an external connect was in progress.
V. 1.03
Rewrote Interrupt Service routine. Some systems reporting
trouble with display of TNC output. Let's see if this fixes it.
V. 1.04
Just a small cosmetic change in the (thus far) undocumented
features display.
V. 1.05
Made another change in ISR hoping to fix the durned display
problem experienced by some systems.
V. 1.06
Found and fixed bug in TNC initialization which was causing TNC
port protocol to be set to a random number depending on what was run
in that area of memory before ARPD was entered.
Added timing loop to keep the system from overwritting older TNC
buffers.
Added 3 ^C characters before TNC is initialized before attempting
to load call strings and time.
Re-installed original ISR. It was better and wasn't the source
of the display problem after all.
Enabled support for multi-line BBS's. Don't know how well this
will work yet. Just trying to satisfy everyone.
V. 1.07
Fixed inconsistency in defined value. Not a real problem but
causing some confusion in my mind.
V. 1.08 - 1.09
Mostly experimentation. Adding XON/XOFF capability. Optimizing
the terminal function. All in house stuff.
V. 1.10
Re-wrote the terminal function to operate faster and correct
unknown problem experienced by some systems with the present code
generated by the compiler. (See, wasn't MY fault. It was the
compiler! That's why we call it Pass - the - Buck SoftWare!)
Added support for XON/XOFF protocol for the TNC port. Some of
you guys out there are running three wire serial cables. If you have
the option go with RTS/CTS.
Shortened the inter-character delay timing for the TNC port so
your users won't be looking at the "Wait while TNC is initialized"
screen this time next Tuesday.
Changed the way connect status is handled for screen color
changes. Makes it easier to change color in all modes.
Added configuration command XFLOW to let the terminal know if you
are using XON/XOFF. No switches, just add the line to the CONFIG.TNC
if you are going to enable software flow control.
Added configuration command NEWLINE xx command to change the
newline character used when talking to the TNC. If the line is not
present in the CONFIG.TNC file 13 is the default. If your TNC likes
11 better then just add the line NEWLINE 11 to the configuration. The
number MUST be in Decimal format. HEX WON'T WORK!
There are some very strange hardware combinations out there.
Changed TNC port handler so it will wait till BOTH the TX register and
the TX buffer are empty before sending a byte. As slow as TNC's
operate, it shouldn't be noticed.
Changed Time Limit warning from informational to demanding. Some
guys don't want to leave.
Document the F3 & F4 functions. Help and Chat modes,
respectively. Always been there. Just not in the documentation till
I could have a chance to check them a little more thuroughly and
correct a little problem with the screen color handling.
v. 1.15
Another stunning achievement! An absolutely marvelous and
flawless program released in the public interest. If only the BIG
software houses could write programs like this!