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º Volume 3 ³³³³³³³³³³³³ ³³ ÀÅ¿ÚÅÙ³ ÀÙ³³ÀÄÄÄ¿³³³³³³³ÀÄÄÄ¿ August 25 º
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º Issue 4 ³³³³³³³³³³³³ ³³ ³³³³ ³Ú¿ ³³ÚÄÄÄÙ³³³³³³ÀÄÄÄ¿³ 1992 º
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³ ÀÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÙ ÀÙ ÀÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÙ ³
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³ Serving WWIV Sysops & Users Across All WWIV Networks ³
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³This Month's Features³
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ Random Factors.......................................Wayne Bell (1@1) ³
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³ A PKZip 2.0 Status Update............................Allen Turner (1@9956) ³
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³ ³
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³ TechnOTES............................................WWIVnews Staff ³
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³ Filo's Mod of the Month..............................Filo (1@5252) ³
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³ ³
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³ Dateline: @#$*()#!...................................Omega Man (1@5282) ³
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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³ Random Factors ³
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³ Creative Commentary by Wayne Bell (1@1) ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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WWIV v4.21a has been released now. My current feeling is that I'll have v4.21b
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out in a few months, with some minor bug fixes and enhancements. As people have
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probably heard, net32 (which is not out yet) will allow e-mail to be gated
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among all networks of which you are a member. If I get somewhat ambitious,
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v4.21b (and net32) will allow you to gate subboards among networks, also. Not
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just copying the messages across networks, but tweaking the 'from:' lines such
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that users will actually be able to auto-reply across networks (surprisingly
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enough, using the e-mail gating feature).
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I'd like to take this opportunity to ask people to >NOT< e-mail me, asking for
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help in installing mods, or for problems with on-line programs. If you are
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having problems with mods or on-line programs, please contact the authors OF
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THE MOD OR ON-LINE PROGRAM. They will be much more familiar with the program,
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and be able to help you (while I will not). Also, please do not e-mail me
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asking for help in WRITING mods. I just don't have the time to help people with
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that kind of thing, given everything else I'm doing. (I will, however, help you
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out with specific interfaces to the BBS when writing mods. If you ask, "What
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does this parameter to shrink_out() do?", I can help you. If you ask, "How can
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I write a mod to...?", I don't have the time.
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I am, however, always accepting suggestions on 'what to add into the next
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version'. Please keep in mind, however, that in order for something to be
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likely to be included in the next version (of the BBS or net software), it
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must be something in which a lot of people will be interested. If it is
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something that only you and maybe a few other people would use, it probably
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won't be added. Please also don't suggest things that everyone has already
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asked for, such as suggesting more than 64 subs, or multi-line, and things
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like that.
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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³ Is Phil Katz Stuck Up In A Tree? ³
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³ Delays Continue in Release of PKZIP v. 2.xx ³
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³ A PKZIP 2.0 Update ³
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³ By Allen Turner (1@9956) ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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"Read my lips: The next version of PKZIP will be released on <insert randomly-
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generated date here>."
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Although Phil Katz, author of the PKZIP archive utilities, hasn't made that
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statement, he could have ... several times. PKWare, Inc. began announcing
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last winter on the PKWare BBS (414-354-8670) that PKZIP 2 would be released
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near the end of 1991. That and subsequent release dates have been announced
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and missed so many times that an opening screen on the PKWare BBS has stopped
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predicting a date and simply says:
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******* PKZIP 2.0 is expected to be released sometime in *******
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******* the next few months, as soon as possible. *******
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Katz himself hasn't discussed the delays and has been noticeably absent from
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the BBS since announced release dates started being missed. Instead, the
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task of placating impatient users has fallen to various members of the PKWare
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support staff.
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The most recent announced release date, on a discussion sig on the Katz BBS,
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is late August, but they aren't going to make it.
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Mark Gresbach of the PKWare staff told a user of the BBS on 8-21-92, "We
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currently do not have an exact date. We are hoping for release in the next few
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months, as soon as possible."
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In the meantime, I've been exchanging e-mail with Joe Pantuso of the Katz
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staff. Joe was asked specific questions regarding the holdup with release 2.x,
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and was gracious enough to answer them as follows:
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Q: What is holding up PKZIP 2?
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A: Software development takes time. In no way are the delays there have been
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in releasing the product deliberate or due to carelessness. Rather, the
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delays are because we are being extremely cautious.
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PKZIP is used by a great many people in "mission-critical" tasks. For these
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people PKZIP must be flawless. It is our desire to have PKZIP be as good as
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possible the first time. We do not want to face the problems involved with
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an abortive and buggy release.
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We do a much greater service to the community by refusing to release it
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before it is 100% to our satisfaction.
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Q: With all the hacked versions floating around, has any consideration been
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given to skipping 2.xx in the numbering scheme for the new version?
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A: It is currently being referred to simply as PKZIP 2. This leaves off any
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burden of an exact version number. I don't expect to know exactly what the
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version will be called until hours before we ship.
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This protects everyone from there being a hack that is on the mark.
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We are considering a number of different plans for helping assure people of
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the authenticity of the package (besides that registered users will have it
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in hand before it is on the boards).
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Q: What can people who already ordered PKZIP 2 and been charged for it do?
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A: PKWARE has not billed anyone for PKZIP 2. The only orders that we have
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received which have been processed are orders for PKZIP 1.10. It would be
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illegal for PKWARE to process orders without sending product at the same
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time.
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Our sales staff is in fact in the process of calling back customers who
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placed orders months back and whose credit cards have expired in the
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interim. This will allow us to process their orders instantly when we are
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ready to ship. We are also sending back checks which we have had more than
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30 days so as to make it easier for people to balance their checkbooks :-)
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Q: When does Phil Katz *really* think it will be out?
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A: At present it appears that we should be shipping packages mid to late
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September. There is really very little I can imagine happening that would
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prevent this.
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Q: What's new in PKZIP 2?
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A: This list is rather brief and low on explanation, but covers most of the
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high points.
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NEW FEATURES FOR PKZIP 2.xx
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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PKZIP
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- New compression algorithm: The new algorithm provides greater compression at
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a similar speed to PKZIP 1.10, or equal compression at a much greater speed.
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PKZIP 2 is approximately twice as fast as other utilities offering comparable
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compression.
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- Four levels of speed/compression plus "zero" compression (storage only)
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- Novell Netware support: Improves the speed of operation in some situations.
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- Storage of empty subdirectories: Optional retention of empty subdirectories
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for a 100% backup.
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- Creation multi-volume archives: PKZIP will also format disks as it goes if
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necessary, otherwise using whatever free space is available on each formatted
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disk. This feature can use any standard and removable DOS device (This
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means 2.88 meg floppies and bigger as well as "standard" 360/720/1.2/1.44).
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- "Compatibility" file opening mode. (-=): Opposite of "Share" mode. Helps
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overcome some network situations where a file would be locked otherwise.
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- Improved archive attribute support. (-a+/-i/-i-): You now can compress using
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the archive attribute 3 ways:
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- All files then turn the archive attribute off
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- Take only files that have the archive attribute but leave the attribute
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on
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- Take only files that have the archive attribute then turn it off
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- Improved date range support. (-t/-T): Files equal to or later than a date,
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or files before a date, or a combination.
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- When deleting files after a command using -m (move), PKZIP now displays the
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percent complete on removing files. Similar display is used when clearing
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archive attributes.
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PKUNZIP
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- When PKUNZIP detects existing files it now checks before overwriting files
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(y/n/a/r)=Yes/No/All/Rename. Rename will prompt for a new name, All will
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cause PKUNZIP to continue as though -o had been specified on the command
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line.
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- Exclusion of list files (-x@file.lst)
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- View option now supports pause as well as technical view (-vm/-vt)
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(previously available only on PKZIP)
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BOTH
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ÄÄÄÄ
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- Expanded documentation. Including tutorial, "How PKZIP works", Special
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section on encryption, Using List files. The "How..." section includes a
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theoretical explanation of how compression works (for interested folk--not
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a technical discussion) as well as a general explanation of how a file is
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structured and what happens when PKZIP does it's thing. Separate handy
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guide to "Backing up your hard drive".
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- EMS/XMS support. DPMI Usage. EMS/XMS support reduces conventional memory
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use significantly.
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- PKZIP/PKUNZIP now can use 386 instructions, EMS XMS and DPMI in a DOS box
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under OS/2 2.0 or above (Previous versions of OS/2 did not support 386
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instruction usage properly so when PKZIP detects a lower version of OS/2
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it will disable this ability).
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- Creation of List files by PKZIP and PKUNZIP: This new feature allows PKZIP
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and PKUNZIP to generate list files containing the equivalent of the files
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that would have been processed by a command.
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- New improved (very strong) AV feature: Replaces the old AV system which is
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now invalid. All AV's will be re-issued at the time of PKZIP 2's release.
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- The size of list file that can be read has be increased to 5000-9700 bytes
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(from 2000-4000)
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- Handy information display shows XMS/EMS/Net use and type of compression and
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CPU type detected.
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- PKSFXjr can now use an output path, it previously could only output to the
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current directory.
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- ZIP2EXE now accepts output path
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- ZIP2EXE can now reverse the process with -x (EXE to ZIP)
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- The -s "Password" option can now accept input from the keyboard directly.
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This allows complex passwords to be entered more easily. This feature also
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allows a password to be entered without being echoed to the screen for added
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security.
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- Problems with display of View and Percent complete when working with files
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of 100 megabytes or greater have been fixed.
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- New PKUNZIP Junior is less than 3k in size and uses only 64K memory.
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Limited to ZIP files containing less than 500 files.
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- 386 instruction/EMS/XMS/DPMI offered in DOS session under OS/2 2.0 (Previous
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versions of OS/2 did not support these features properly, so PKZIP would
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disable it's usage of 386 instructions)
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- Volume Label is displayed as single string instead of 8.3 format used
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previously (i.e. "PKWARE VOL" rather than "PKWARE V.OL")
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- View option now supports pause between screens w/more (-vm[...])
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View order can be reversed by adding 'r' to -v option. (-vr[...])
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- Any ANSI codes detected in file names or comments are suppressed, preventing
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ANSI bombs and such mischief.
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- PKZIP 2 includes PKSFANSI (PK Safe ANSI), a (very) small TSR that blocks
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keyboard reassignment codes with any version of ANSI. Also offers the
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stripping of color codes which is useful on monochrome systems such as
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laptops.
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- New PKZIP Configuration program allows easy setup of the PKZIP.CFG file.
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Q: Is there anything else PKWare is working on that should be noted?
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A: We have in development PKZMENU 2. This product offers the ability to extract
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and compress. It is very easy to use and mouse driven. Offers nifty new
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features like renaming files within a ZIP file, and moving files between ZIP
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files.
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As Joe's responses suggest, the delay in release of v. 2.xx becomes a bit more
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serious because hacked versions are being circulated. One reported hack is
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relatively harmless, although it produces files that aren't compatible with the
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most current distribution release, PKZIP 1.10. Another hack, however, has been
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reportedly found to contain a trojan which formats hard drives.
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Because hacks were being circulated as "legitimate" and I was seeing posts on
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WWIVnet sysop subs announcing the availability of PKZIP 2 on some systems, I
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began calling the PKWare BBS weekly to monitor the upgrade status. I posted my
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findings on sysop subs and with encouragement of some sub hosts (particularly
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1@5252 ... thanks, Filo), began weekly posts on several subs letting people
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know the status of PKZIP 2.0.
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The response was disconcerting.
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Initially, I received at least a half dozen pieces mail from sysops who were
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distributing the hacked versions and who demanded that I "prove" their versions
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weren't legitimate. Most of that mail was vehement and some was "hate-mail."
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Later, many people tired of my weekly posts (forgetting the purpose was to help
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folks guard against unwittingly having unauthorized releases available for
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download as the "real thing") and publically and privately derided me for being
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too anxious and excited about the new release.
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No biggie. The bottom line is that PKZIP 2.xx still hasn't been released, I
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continue to call Katz's board weekly and I'm still posting reports on the
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results of the calls on about a half dozen sysop subs.
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³ TechnOTES ³
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³ Compiled by the WWIVnews Staff ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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...Those who bought Stacker or Superstore and thought they got a really good
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deal may be in for a rude shock soon. Microsoft has announced that it has
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licensed a new form of fractal-based image-compression technology from Georgia-
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based Iterated Systems. The Iterated method calls for an image compression
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board using eight specialized co-processors capable of delivering a 75 to 1
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compression ratio. While the licensing is primarily aimed at aiding Microsoft's
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Multimedia Publishing Group by allowing them to cram more on a CD-ROM than the
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current 650mb standard capacity, Microsoft insiders are expecting the lower-end
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of the method (30 to 1 and below) to be used for anything else that would
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benefit from compression.
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...a side benefit from the Iterated method is that decompressed images can
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actually *gain* enhancement through an interpolation process. While some fine
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surface detail is lost, existing aliasing (the "jagged edge" look of diagonal
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lines) in the image is dramatically reduced, giving the image a sharper overall
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appearance.
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...The first such commercial implementation of this new compression scheme was
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expected to be a massive 5 gigabyte revamping of Microsoft Bookshelf, followed
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by a Ziff-Davis release of a complete library of the past 10 years of Z-D
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computer publications on an Iterated CD-ROM. However, it seems that Amaze will
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beat everyone to the punch by releasing their yearly calendar updates for 1993
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(including _The Far Side_ and _Cathy_ calendar updates) on a single floppy
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disk.
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...It may take a while longer, but fractal compression will eventually make
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it into the mainstream BBS world. WWIV sysops whose file areas are perpetually
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swamped with .GIFs would particularly benefit from such a compression method,
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although a non-graphic-specific version of the Iterated method with a ratio of
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at least 8 to 1, or even 2 to 1, would benefit any system whether it was
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running a BBS or not.
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...speaking of on-the-fly compression utils, a new one has hit the market
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promising faster speed over Stacker. Integrated Information Technology's
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XtraDrive offers pretty much the same features as Stacker and SuperStor, has
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an optional co-processor card, and costs about the same ($149 MSRP, $99 OTS) as
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Stacker. By their own benchmarking, XtraDrive compresses about 10% better than
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Stacker and SuperStor, and is about the same percent faster than both. These
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minimal gains in performance, however, may not be enough to cause either Stac
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or AddStor any lost hours of sleep, as both companies' products are fairly
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entrenched in the marketplace. Add to this the fact that the name chosen by IIT
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for their product is way too similar to that of one of the biggest practical
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jokes on the shareware industry in the past three years. In fact, when brought
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up on one of the IBM discussion netsubs, 4 out of 5 users contributing to the
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thread mistook XtraDrive for XtraTank while proceeding to flame the legitimate
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product to no end!
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³ Filo's Mod of the Month ³
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³ by Filo (1@5252) ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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The Mod-of-The-Month Selection represents my choice of what appears to be a
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useful, practical mod to WWIV. It does not mean it is the best mod posted or
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even that it works as I may not have tested it. Given the limitations of this
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media, uuencoded mods are NOT eligible for selection as mod-of-the-month.
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This month's selection if from Darrel D. Mobley (1@9402 WWIVnet) and permits a
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sysop running in multi-net environment to selectively force callouts from WFC.
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It is needed where there are two or more boards that are being called that
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have the same number but in different networks if both are in respective
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CALLOUT.NET files.
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ Mod Name: : CALLOUT4.21A Author : Darrell D. Mobley #1 ³
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³ Difficulty : Moderate Network: WWIVnet @9402 ³
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³ WWIV Version : 4.21a Files : NETSUP.C ³
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³ ³
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³ Description : This mod allows you to force a callout to other ³
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³ network node numbers than your main network. 4.21a ³
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³ (8/15/92) does not check to see if you use the same node # ³
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³ in more than one network during Forced Callout "/". ³
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What this does:
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I noticed from my WFC screen in the net pending list that if I had two nodes
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sharing the same number but were in different networks, the "/" Force Callout
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command would always force the callout to the node in the primary network.
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This is because of the way the multiple net pending list was incorporated.
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It seems Wayne's "for" loop checked for the first occurrence of the specified
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node number and executed that. This mod prompts you for the network to force
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the callout to. If the requested callout is to a node that is not supposed
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to be called at the time, it will prompt you with the network name and node
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number for which you must enter Yes or No, rather than the standard "Are you
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sure?".
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On with the mod.
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Disclaimer: Why bother? You KNOW to back up your source! Grin.
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++ means Add the line
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-- means Delete the line
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== means Change the line
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Look for "void force_callout":
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Add the two lines marked ++ and then add the onx[20] and *mmk to the one
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marked with the ==:
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void force_callout(void)
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{
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int i,i1,i2,i3,index,ok,sn,nn;
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float fl,fl1,fl2,ffl;
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long l,l1;
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++int onxi,odci; /* ADD THIS LINE */
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==char ch,s[81],s1[81],onx[20],*mmk; /* ADD "onx[20],*mmk" */
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struct time ti;
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++net_system_list_rec csne; /* ADD THIS LINE */
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Right below that, add this entire block of code right before the "time(&l)"
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command:
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/************************/ /* ADD THIS BLOCK */
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if (net_num_max>1) {
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odc[0]=0;
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odci=0;
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onx[0]='Q';
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onx[1]=0;
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onxi=1;
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nl();
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for (i=0; i<net_num_max; i++) {
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if (i<9) {
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onx[onxi++]=i+'1';
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onx[onxi]=0;
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} else {
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odci=(i+1)/10;
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odc[odci-1]=odci+'0';
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odc[odci]=0;
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}
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npr("%d. %s\r\n",i+1,net_networks[i].name);
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}
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pl("Q. Quit");
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nl();
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prt(2,"Which network (number)? ");
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if (net_num_max<9) {
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ch=onek(onx);
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if (ch=='Q')
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i=-1;
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else
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i=ch-'1';
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} else {
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mmk=mmkey(2);
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if (*mmk=='Q')
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i=-1;
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else
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i=atoi(mmk)-1;
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}
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if ((i>=0) && (i<net_num_max)) {
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set_net_num(i);
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} else
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return;
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}
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/*************************/ /* DOWN TO HERE */
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time(&l);
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Delete the "nl();" right after the "time(&l);" command:
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nl();
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prt(2,"Which system? ");
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input(s,5);
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A couple of lines down, delete or comment out the four lines marked below:
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sn=atoi(s);
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--for (nn=0; nn<net_num_max; nn++) { /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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-- set_net_num(nn); /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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-- if (!net_sysnum) /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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-- continue; /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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if (!net_networks[net_num].con)
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read_call_out_list();
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Delete the line marked --, add the ones marked ++, and add the { to the line
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marked ==:
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if (i2==-1)
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ok=0;
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else
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if (!ok) {
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nl();
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-- prt(5,"Are you sure? "); /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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++ sprintf(s,"Attempt callout to %s @%u? ",net_name, sn);/*ADD LINE */
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++ prt(5,s); /* ADD THIS LINE */
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== if (yn()) { /* ADD THE { */
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ok=1;
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++ nl(); /* ADD THIS LINE */
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++ } /* ADD THIS LINE */
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}
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if (ok) {
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if (net_networks[net_num].ncn[i2].bytes_waiting==0L)
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if (!(net_networks[net_num].con[i].options & options_sendback))
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ok=0;
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if (ok) {
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do_callout(sn);
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Delete or comment out the lines marked --:
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}
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}
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-- break; /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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}
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--} /* DELETE THIS LINE */
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}
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Recompile and enjoy!
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³ Dateline: @#$*()#! ³
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³ Editor's Notes by Omega Man (1@5282) ³
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here:
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writers. If you want a copy, drop me a line at 1@5282, and we'll ship you one
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right away.
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Secondly, after the last issue was released, we received a LOT of requests for
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back issues, starting oddly enough with that August issue, but not including
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1, 1992. Since this has not yet been implemented - I haven't even had time to
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put 4.21a up with all the mods yet! - I'll have to give out the account
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information in the next issue of WWIVnews.
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as mentioned last month, WWIVnews has been given a bit more breathing space
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thanks to Wayne's efforts with Net31. To allow everyone enough time to upgrade
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to Net31, this issue of WWIVnews will be squeezed into the old limit of 32k
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they've earned it, have they not?
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