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- This file contains necessary information for upgrading from CNet
- 1.10 to CNet 1.20. There are many significant changes in this
- version, so please read this entire file.
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- I. Changes from 1.10 to 1.20
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- II. What do you need to do?
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- I. Changes From CNet 1.10 to CNet 1.20
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- This version iincludes major changes in the way CNet
- looks and operates. There are four areas that describe these
- changes - configuration files, on-screen information, CRC files,
- and bells & whistles.
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- Configuration Files
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- The changes in the configuration files were intended to
- provide an easier format for the user to work with while allowing
- me to cram more information into the same space. The new CFG file
- format uses keywords much like TNet or RNet. Included in this
- ZIP is a sample CFG file as well as a program 11TO12.COM that
- will convert your existing configuration files. NOTE:
- 11TO12.COM requires that your provide it with the orginal file
- name and a new file name; They can not be the same! It is a
- good idea backup your configuration files "just incase".
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- The following is a list of valid keywords. Each is
- covered in great detail in the sample.cfg and the reference
- manual.
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- SYSTEM SYSOPNAME
- QWKDIR REPDIR
- POINTERDIR UBBSDAT
- LOGDIR CRCDIR
- HOSTSYSOP DUPECONF
- TEMPDIR YOURORGIN1
- YOURORGIN2 YOURORGIN3
- YOURORGIN4 YOURORGIN5
- YOURORGIN6 YOURORGIN7
- YOURORGIN8 YOURORGIN9
- HOSTORGIN1 HOSTORGIN2
- HOSTORGIN3 HOSTORGIN4
- HOSTORGIN5 HOSTORGIN6
- HOSTORGIN7 HOSTORGIN8
- HOSTORGIN9 FIDO_TAGS
- CRCMETHOD SYSTEM
- FIDO READONLY
- CONFERENCE UBBSDAT
- PRIVATE CRCREBUILD
- APPEND ALIAS
- TCAN TEMPDIR
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- On Screen Information
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- CNet 1.20 uses "windowed" output. The presentation of
- the data should be much more pleasing to the eye as well as more
- informative. For the techies who care, CNet uses direct screen
- writes, but if you are under DesQview, it writes directly to the
- DV buffer so you may change your "program information"
- accordingly.
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- CRC Files
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- The CRC files have received two changes. First, the
- format of the CRC files has changed permitting faster searches.
- I'd appreciate any input on just how much faster it is. The
- second change is in the rebuild function of CNet. In the past
- CNet attempted to have the CRC files acurately reflect the
- actual message base. If the message base had been packed and
- messages deleted, CNet would rebuild it's CRC file. This could
- take quite a bit of time, especially if there are a lot of
- conferences. Using the CRCREBUILD keyword, CNet can be
- configured to keep a specified number of CRC records regardless
- of the state of the message base. This greatly increases CNet's
- overall speed while giving you the ability to control the size
- of your CRC files. Alternatively, CNet 1.20 may be configured
- to work exactly as it did in version 1.10 with the statement
- CRCREBUILD=0.
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- Bells & Whistles
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- This also includes what I call "bells & whistles". These
- are small features that aren't necessarily important to the program
- but they are features that some people appreciate. These
- features include Alias support, Trashcan, aMultiple archivers,
- and Appending a REP file.
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- II. What do you need to do?
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- 1. Delete all of your CRC files.
- 2. Make backups of your CFG files
- 3. Run 11TO12.COM on your CFG files
- 4. Rename your new configuration files to have the .CFG
- extension.
- 5. That's it!
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