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Yes Virginia, there is now a 4.2E. Just a couple minor fixes to 4.2D and
previous releases.
Legend: o Fixed in 4.2A
* Fixed in 4.2B
@ Fixed in 4.2C
+ Fixed in 4.2D
% Fixed in 4.2E
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% There was a problem sending the Ctrl-Backspace key combination when
running in DOORWAY mode. Fixed.
% The Xon/Xoff characters were not being displayed correctly if the
xon/xoff flow control was disabled. In addition, when it -was-
enabled, the XON character was being displayed under some conditions.
% A bug was introduced in 4.2D where the Alt-K command was working only
with COM1. Selecting any other port would, shall we say, not work.
% When invoking the command line option /HOST, Qmodem now does the Modem
Initialization command before entering the Host. Previously, if your
modem needed the modem init and you got stuck at the "warning" box,
the system was basically hung waiting for you to confirm you wanted to
run the host. So, if this is something that affects your system, be
SURE to turn on Alt-N/M/T/I [ON] and your system should come up in the
Host mode OK.
+ Users of Dos 2.x would get the message "QMODEM.OVR not found" when it
was right in the same directory or on the PATH. The problem stemmed
from using a DOS 3.x+ SHARE assignment for the OVR file so DOS 2.X
did not -see- it.
+ The Alt-O Directory Changer could return a "DOS critical error 2"
box if the current drive did not have any subdirectories. Floppy
users were the likely target for this snafu. Now, the message will
read "No subdirectories to pick from".
+ Qinstall got the following fix: If the user started Qinstall from
Alt-N, the Options/Memory entry is now visible, but the status line
instructs them to run Qinstall from DOS.
+ Most notable for this version is the new opening screens for Qmodem
and Qinstall. This more closely resembles our new Qmodem logo and
manual style. Of course, I had to use "artistic license" to make it
come close. [smile]
+ Fair warning. The Alt-I invoice that would print from 4.2 was wrong
in that it mentions that "All prices include Shipping & Handling".
That was incorrect. We -will- honor any PRIOR orders that do not
include the correct "Add $5.00 for shipping & handling". The on-disk
docs DID have the correct pricing. Now that 4.2D is released, we WILL
require the additional $5.00.
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@ The Function Key macro's were being padded out to a full 72
characters with spaces. This is due to a fix in 4.2B (2nd below).
It now trims trailing spaces. In addition, if you want to PAD the
a macro with trailing spaces, include the "|" character -after- the
last space you want preserved. The trailing "|" character will be
stripped at the time the FKey is invoked.
Example: XTEST |░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
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| +----------- Stripped.
+---------------- Transmitted.
@ No more keyboard lockup problems! Also, with carefully rewritten
keyboard handler routines, Int09 and Int16 are no longer intercepted.
This means older TSR's should function like in the pre 4.2 versions.
The Alt-N/O/R/Int16 Enable switch is still present. This is still
needed so Qmodem can read the extended keyboard scancodes when set
ON (and your computer has an enhanced BIOS and 101 Keyboard). When
set OFF, it uses the generic BIOS calls to Int16 and none of the
extended calls (10h and above).
The exception to this seems to be Repeat Performance (RP.SYS) from
WordPerfect Corp. It works and does not lock up, but the keys do
not repeat if held down when the Int16 Enable flag is set ON. I
believe this to be a problem with RP.SYS in not knowing how to handle
the enhanced Int16 BIOS calls (10h and above). Anyone at WP willing
to work with me on this can call!
@ Qinstall was modified to NOT open a COM port unless Quick Modem Config
is selected from the Modem Menu. Qinstall also was compiled with the
new Keyboard code.
@ QMHOSTPK.EXE, the program that packs the internal Host's Message Base
was incorrect. Running it on a 4.2x Host would corrupt all the
messages. If you are running the Host mode, delete the following
files: QMHOST.HDR QMHOST.MSG. The Host will create new ones next
time it is started.
@ When trying to save a file from Scrollback, if an already existing name
was selected, it was checking the AutoIncrement and Overwrite flags
for download protocols and quite possibly saving it under a different
name. Quicklearn could do the same thing if invoked with Alt-Q. Both
are fixed. All other FAW prompts have been checked and are correct.
@ The text in Alt-N/M/T/W has change from "CTS when Writing" to
"RTS when Writing" to correctly
show which line is actually being controlled. RTS is the line that is
being brought low (turned off) if the toggle is set ON. The QMODEM.HLP
file has also been updated for this change.
@ Several changes and additions to the QMODEM.MDF file. Most notably, the
Multi-Tech modem line had problems in MNP and V.42 modes.
@ The test for the "scratch register" in the UARTs now leaves the Holmes
Modem/Fax so the Modem is enabled.
@ Ymodem-G Upload was waiting for a "G" to complete the transfer.
Bzzzzzzz! Wrong answer. Fixed.
@ The "CTS Signal not found, waiting for CTS" message was popping up during
Uploads if the High Speed Xmit flag was OFF, and there was great enough
speed mismatch between DCE and DTE. Fixed.
@ More efficient Zmodem Send Headers are now used and the timing routines
have been improved.
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* Zmodem upload using CRC16 had a bug where the blocksize could be
incorrect due to an uninitialized variable. (it was fine in BETA,
but a last-minute fix to improve sending speed was at fault. Honest!)
* The Alt-J editor was trimming leading spaces from the lines. It will
now allow leading blanks so long as there is some other character(s)
after the blanks. Trailing blanks are still stripped.
* A fix made for 4.2A in VT100 emulation was incorrect. I tried to
allow both VT52 and VT100 codes to be directly supported, but forgot
that [esc]H is used in both sets. I set that code pair to execute
the VT52 section and caused the setting of TABS in VT100 to fail.
So, a future release will have a seperate VT52 emulation. (I can't
do that in a quick-fix release)
* There was a potential for Qmodem to crash with a $204 error after a
Ymodem or Zmodem batch download if 1 of the files in the batch did
NOT have an extension. Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of
bed. This error was a flat out "no-brainer". Thank goodness someone
realized there was a pattern to the critical error crashes.
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o Older XT BIOS's had a problem running Qmodem and Qinstall. This has
been fixed.
o Ymodem and Ymodem-G batch Uploads were not honoring the letter of the
law. Some BBS's, such as Wildcat, were having problems with Qmodem
uploading using these protocols. It was NOT a Wildcat problem. In
fact, some Qmodem Host's were having the same problem. Fixed.
o The BEW was changing default directories even if it wasn't uploading
files from them. IE: Say your default is E:\NORTON and you specify
E:\QMODEM as one of the upload PATHs in the BEW. After the transfer,
the default directory on E: would have been E:\QMODEM. Now, it will
restore the default back to E:\NORTON. (I did not deem this as a bug
in 4.2, but one user did complain about it so it is fixed)
o While not an actual FIX in 4.2A, this is due notice that External
Protocol BATCH files should be updated for use with 4.2+. What used
to be %3 as a passed filename, now is passed as %4 in the BAT files.
%3 is now the reported DCE connect rate from the modem.
o Also, you CANNOT alter Alt-N/O/M Memory from inside Qmodem. You must
exit and run QINSTALL to make memory changes. This also is not a
bug, but a design change. And no, the menu is not missing that
option.
o Many of you are reporting that the Time and Date fields are not being
displayed in 4.2+. This too is not a bug. Some of you maybe picked
up an illegal beta of 4.2 in which case the production will -=NOT=-
auto-matically upgrade the TIME and DATE Masks in Alt-N/O/C. If you
were a legit beta tester, it is because you were lax in reading the
documentation that comes with the old beta releases. The cure for
both conditions is to go into Alt-N/O/C and define all three masks!
Legitimate 4.x Production CNF files WILL be upgraded automatically by
4.2+ versions.
o The documentation for 4.2 was incorrect for the script DOWNLOAD
command. In old releases, the FILENAME parameter was optional for
Batch protocol downloads. This is no longer the case. The DOWNLOAD
command requires BOTH parameters; PROTOCOL and FILENAME. In the case
of Batch protocols, the FILENAME should be a complete PATHNAME with
NO filename attached. The filename will be appended automatically by
the batch protocol when the file header is received from the remote.
The Download command has been updated in the documentation to reflect
this.
o The CTS Signal check at the beginning of the program was not
detecting the lack of a CTS signal on startup if High Speed XMIT
(Alt-N/M/T/H) was set ON. Now it checks on startup ALL the time.
o Some video commands in VT100 were acting incorrect when the cursor
was positioned in the last column. These have been fixed.
o The Online help made an invalid reference to the Auto Zmodem toggle.
It should have referenced Alt-N/P/T/Z.
o The FON file was not being reloaded if it had changed while Shelled
out to DOS and Optimum Shell was ON. If Optimum Shell was OFF, it
was always being reloaded.
o NEW FEATURE. You can now specify "DTR" (no quotes) as your Dial
Prefix in Alt-N/M/M/P and the DTR line will be toggled LOW for the
duration specified in Alt-N/O/D/D. You can use this in combination
with Digital Phone systems that need DTR to be toggled to get their
attention.
o Corrected QMODEM.HLP to reflect entry 12.
o Added ATI 2400etc/e and ATI 2400etc/i (with V.42) to QMODEM.MDF.
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The Forbin Project, Inc.
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