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Mountain Reader II History
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Mountain Reader II is the successor to Mountain QWK.
Mountain QWK was originally released August 19, 1993
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Beta Version 2.a - Added support for Bluewave message format
May 3, 1994 - Developed internal expansion for future message formats
- Switch to disk based access to eliminate capacity limits
- New Menus and Interface routines
- Improved Menu Bar and GEM handling
- Increased use of assembly routines
- Exclude unneeded files from packet decompression
- Switched to internal message sorting
- Now obsolete, message 'Threading' was eliminated
- Consolidated Path and Preference settings into one menu
- Add user to lockout list by pressing 'U' key when reading
- Expanded interface configuration options
- Expanded reading method options
Beta Version 2.b - Added Reply Editor Menu
May 13, 1994 - Added and enhanced internal text editor
- Added QWK .REP packet creation
- Reduced Bluewave processing to 1/3 of original speed
Beta Version 2.c - Added Message Quoting Menu
May 17, 1994 - Exit to main menu at end of messages
- Redesigned program information screen
Beta Version 2.d - Fixed random bombing when saving messages
May 20, 1994 - Fixed truncation problem with replies
- Reworked reply code to eliminate random bugs
- Modified Quoting code to handle <G> style comments
Beta Version 2.e - Fixed random bombing in configuration menu
May 27, 1994 - Implemented Bluewave reply sections
- Fixed reader to show last line of message
- Modified quoting to allow selection past end of line
- Cleaned up program initialization code
- Changed memory allocation for internal buffers
- Expanded message limit to 500 lines
- Expanded editor limit to 500 lines
- Implemented External Text Editor
- Added 'Control Key' deleting in reply selector
- Added context sensitive help in several areas
- Implemented Taglines
- Added Tagline 'Stealing'
Beta Version 2.f - Added 'status' display to tagline stealing
June 3, 1994 - Added ABORTING to tagline stealing
- Added preselection to tagline stealing/importing/exporting
- Added manual tagline stealing to message reader
- Added 'Append' option to message and editor saving
- Added folder deletion for invalid message packets
- Implemented Conference Configuration Menu
- Implemented QWK and Bluewave conference configurations
- Implemented Bulletin Reader
Beta Version 2.g - Improved bulletin reader
June 10, 1994 - Added Offline File Requesting
- Added 'Terminal' definition to preferences menu
- "Dial BBS" now calls your terminal program
- Fixed the problem of certain messages being cut off
- The last line in a quote will no longer be dropped
- Early implementation of DEMO limits
Beta Version 2.h - Implemented new "Online Help System"
June 17, 1994 - Added GDOS manual printouts
- Changed taglines to "stay in place"
- Added "Find" function to tagline editor
- Added "Carbon Copies" to reply editor
- Added area sorting to all area functions
Beta Version 2.i - Added verification dialog to editor "Clear" function
June 24, 1994 - Fixed bug of text block staying marked after a quote
- Added "Bookmarks" to message viewer ('B' key)
- Changed buffer allocations to reduce memory requirements
- Added Address Book to message editor (right click on TO)
Beta Version 2.j - Fixed a major bug in the window creation routines
July 1, 1994 - Fixed the 'disappearing tagline' bug
- Fixed a bug when loading long files into text editor
- Added user definable reply splitting
- Fixed the 'single line paragraphs' bug
- Further reductions in memory usage to allow use in 1 meg
Beta Version 2.k - Fixed a bug in the bulletin viewer when used in ST High
July 13, 1994 - Several changes to improve Geneva compatibility
- Fix bombing problem when HELP file was missing
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Version 2.0 - Released July 15, 1994
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Version 2.1 - Fixed several bugs that caused "random" bombing
August 5, 1994 - Add detection for "out-of-range" message areas
- Fixed missing title when quoting from earlier message
- Modifications to improve multitasking compatibility
- Right Clicking on Title Bar now recenters window
Version 2.2 - Additional modifications to reduce "random" bombing
August 31, 1994 - Added File Attachment transfers for MAJOR BBS software
- Switched to "quiet" compression/decompression of packets
- Added a new loading status display
Version 2.3 - Mouse Blocking in the editor no longer locks up
October 12, 1994 - Mouse Blocking now compatible with Geneva
- Fixed "sorting messages" cosmetic bug when sending replies
- Fixed duplicate message bug with Bluewave reply packets
Version 2.4 - Added ability to load and edit .REP reply packets
October 28, 1994 - Search string can now include leading/trailing spaces
- Minor changes to improve search speed
- Search matches now highlighted in message text
- Added Conference preselection to search function.
Version 2.5 - Added area verification to QWK message decoding
November 27, 1994 - Added truncated file detection to QWK decoder
- Added truncated file detection to message reader
- Improved archiver error reporting