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- QVT Release Notes
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- Version 3.4x
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- Characters in Phone Numbers
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- QVT will now accept in phone numbers any of the alpha characters which
- are meaningful to Hayes-standard modems. Most importantly, this includes
- the comma, which is needed for dialing out on PBX lines.
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- Custom COM Ports
- ----------------
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- QVT now supports user-defined COM ports by means of the "ioport=" and
- "irq=" configuration directives. This allows the use of modems on
- non-standard ports, thereby freeing up COM1 and COM2 for other uses.
- To use this feature, include the lines:
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- ioport=XXXX
- irq=Y
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- in your .VT file. 'XXXX' should be the hex address of your serial I/O
- port; 'Y' will be the hardware interrupt line number. Both of these should
- be available from the manufacturer of your modem or serial card.
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- 132-column Support
- ------------------
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- Some popular after-market video cards include a built-in 132-column mode.
- QVT now allows users who have such cards to make use of this mode to
- achieve a 132-column VT100/200 display.
-
- To activate QVT's 132-column support, include the directive "bios_132=xx"
- in your .VT files, where 'xx' is the hex value which should be placed in
- the AL register to invoke 132-column mode on your video card. For example,
- "bios_132=55" would be the correct setup for Paradise EGA and VGA cards.
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-
- DECUDK
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- Support for DEC User-defined keys has been added to version 3.41 of QVT
- for MS-DOS. The first 5 user-defined keys are accessed by pressing
- <Ctrl-F6> through <Ctrl-F10>; the last 10 are accessed by pressing
- <Ctrl-Shift-F1> through <Ctrl-Shift-F10>.
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- Note that DEC user-defined keys are programmed via download from the host.
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- DOWNLOAD_DIR Environment Variable
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- The environment variable 'KERMIT_DIR' has been dropped. Instead, QVT
- will use the environment variable 'DOWNLOAD_DIR' as the destination
- directory for all three batch file-transfer protocols (i.e., Kermit,
- Ymodem, and Zmodem).
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-
- Selective Erase
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- Support for the DEC Selective Erase feature has been implemented.
-
-
- VT200 7-bit and 8-bit modes
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- The 'Setup Terminal' screen now allows the selection of VT200
- mode with 7-bit ('VT200-7') or 8-bit ('VT200-8') controls. This
- does not affect the processing of received 8-bit control codes,
- only the transmission of control codes in 7-bit or 8-bit form.
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- Bug Fixes
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- The escape sequence parser has been rewritten to handle mixed ANSI
- and DEC Private control sequences.
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- The 'underlined' attribute will now be retained across shifts in and
- out of 132-column mode (where supported by hardware).
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- The 'Print Cursor Line' function should now work correctly.
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- Zmodem uploads will now use the correct block size (not always 128).
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- Processing of DECSCL sequences has been fixed.
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- Kermit 8-bit quoting on downloads has been fixed.
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- The 'dialprefix' and 'answerback' strings may now contain control characters.
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- Version 3.5x
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- Support has been added for the Kermit 'Get' and 'Finish' functions.
- These are used when interacting with a Kermit server.
-
-
- The 'answerback' implementation has been fixed. QVT will now transmit
- the answerback string upon receipt of an ENQ character from the host.
-
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- The signon screen has been redesigned.
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- Support for user-selectable colors has been enhanced substantially.
- These enhancements are in two areas: first the entire range of IBM PC
- colors is now available to be selected; second, the background color
- as well as the foreground color may be modified. This may be done
- either from the 'Terminal Settings' screen, or in the config file,
- using the 'backcolor=' directive.
-
- The set of available colors is: BLACK, DARKBLUE, GREEN, BLUE, RED,
- MAGENTA, BROWN, and WHITE.
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- A bug has been fixed which caused the status line to disappear when
- switching in and out of 132-column mode (Note: this bug would occur
- only if the 'bios_132' config directive was in effect).
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- The overall behavior of the program while in 132-column mode has been
- improved. For example, the status line will extend all the way across
- the screen. Also, window paints and erasures are cleaner.
-
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- Support has been added for the ANSI color-selection sequences. These
- are used by many BBS's and other software that communicates remotely
- with IBM PC's.
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- It is now possible to select a color for the menu bar other than the
- default blue. This is done by adding a line to the config file such
- as:
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- statcolor=brown
-
- See above for a list of available colors, with the exceptions of RED
- and BLACK, which are not appropriate for the menu bar.
-
-
- QVT now allows the user to specify a protocol as the 'default'
- protocol for use with a host. To do this, add a line of the form:
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- protocol=<protocol>
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- to the config file. The four protocols available are Kermit, XMODEM,
- YMODEM, and ZMODEM. The default protocol is activated by pressing
- <Ctrl-PgUp> for upload, and <Ctrl-PgDn> for download. If you have a
- 101-key keyboard, you must use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys which are
- located on the numeric keypad.
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- Support has been added for the EGA 43-line mode and VGA 50-line mode.
- These modes may be invoked only at the point of loading a config file.
- To specify a condensed display, include the directive 'scrnlines=42' in
- your .VT file. Conversely, 'scrnlines=24' will specify a normal display.
-
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- The script language has been expanded to include the 'capture' keyword.
- This keyword should be followed by the parameter 'on' to open a capture
- file, or 'off' to close the capture file. You need not specify a file-
- name, since QVT will create a filename by taking the root part of the
- current config file and appending the extension '.LGF'. The capture file
- provides a way to monitor the success or failure of unattended sessions.
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- 10/10/89
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