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- October 9, 1994 - ToneLoc Version 1.10
-
- Whats New?
-
- After a few years of "beta testing", it's time to make it official.
- There aren't really enough significant changes to justify a tick of the
- version, but there aren't any remaining reported bugs either. If we don't
- improve the program any more, then we'd rather have a 1.0 out than a "beta."
- We also get a lot of requests from people who want to be beta testers;
- we have all the help we need, thanks!
-
- People are still confused by the two fakes, 1.01 and 1.05. They are
- bogus hacks of early private .99 betas, and are buggy and incomplete. There
- may also be fakes after this version (see BoW #3 for complete directions).
- If you are ever in doubt, check for valid PGP signatures from us on the
- executables.
-
- Because of this, we caved in and skipped past 1.00 to 1.10.
- Think of it as 1.00 if you like.
-
- -- NEW WITH 1.10 (10/09/94):
-
- ■ New e-mail address: mthreat@paranoia.com
- ■ New WWW site: http://www.paranoia.com/~mthreat
- ■ New FTP site: ftp.paranoia.com in /pub/toneloc
- ■ Improved sanity checking on .CFG and .DAT file versions.
- ■ Carrier logging improved, bugs fixed:
- - Display now works in real time, not after the fact.
- - Detects and logs premature carrier drop.
- - Can be aborted with escape.
- - Shows NudgeString as it is being sent.
- ■ Length of initialization and dialing strings lengthend.
- ■ ToneLoc will scan through an internet outdial
-
-
- -- NEW WITH 0.99 (3/31/94):
-
- ■ As always, many, many bug fixes
- ■ ToneMap now features mouse support with contrast highlighting and
- editing.
- ■ New feature: /#: dials a certain number of times before exiting.
- ■ Completely revamped configuration program with hypertext help.
- ■ Carrier logging will record the online response of each carrier
- that ToneLoc finds.
- ■ Com 3, 4 and beyond are finally fixed. (Or your money back)
- ■ All numbers blacklisted bug has been fixed.
- ■ Internet support address: mthreat@paranoia.com
-
-
- -- NEW WITH 0.98:
-
- ■ NON-FOSSIL Support! You don't need a FOSSIL driver like BNU or X00
- anymore. ToneLoc has built-in serial routines (better than 0.97).
- The FOSSIL option is still available though, in case the built-in
- routines don't work for you. If you have problems with the built-in
- routines, please contact us, and we will try to make it work for you.
- ■ New .DAT datafile structure. BACKUP YOUR DATAFILES, then
- run TCONVERT to convert your datafiles to the new version.
- ■ Automatically detects 43 and 50 line mode, and adjusts window
- sizes accordingly.
- ■ New feature: /D: - Delete range. You can make toneloc
- not dial a range of numbers, like, /D:1000-1999 would
- NOT dial 1000-1999.
- ■ Fixed bugs with /X Exclude mask, range, ExRange, etc. It
- _should_ work fine now, but watch for fuckups.
- ■ Pressing 'Q' while scanning will exit after current dial attempt
- ■ The blacklist used to be limited to 100 entries, now it is limited
- to 1000. And it is dynamic, so it saves memory!
- ■ We cleaned up and optimized the code a lot, but you don't care do you?
- ■ Detects and enables the 16550 UART's FIFO buffer
- ■ Fixed tons of bugs with /S:starttime, /E:endtime, and /H:hours to dial
- ■ Detects FAX connects. Actually, if the word "FAX" is in the connect
- string, toneloc considers this a fax connect. I hope it works,
- because I have no way of testing it since I don't have a faxmodem.
- ■ ToneLoc checks at startup for the CTS (Clear To Send) signal from
- the modem. If it isn't present, it means the modem is probably not
- turned on! ToneLoc will either wait for the modem to come on or
- wait for you to press a key. You can disable this with IgnoreCTS.
- ■
-
- -- NEW WITH 0.97:
-
- ■ ToneLoc 0.97 was an abortion that should have never been released.
- Please ignore it totally.
-
- -- NEW WITH 0.96:
-
- ■ Alternate Screen! Press "B" to blank screen or display alt. screen.
- NOTE: This required me to write our own text scrolling routine,
- because we couldn't use INT 10 AH=6 to scroll the screen.
- please look for bugs related to text scrolling in the windows.
- ■ Reports dials per hour, AND Estimated Time until Completion!
- ■ K-Cuzt0m note option! Press "K" to enter a custom note for a number
- ■ Improved dials per hour calculations - more accurate
- ■ Include or exclude ranges of numbers
- ■ Automatically logs onto COSMOS after scan and checks all
- found carriers/tones.
- ■ Just kidding
-
- -- NEW WITH 0.95:
-
- ■ Last number dialed before an exit isn't lost
- ■ Improved customization of modem dialing strings and timing
- ■ Negative masking - lets you exclude ranges of numbers
- ■ Configurable colors
- ■ Now works COM1-COM4! I promise!
- ■ Modem speaker toggle on/off WHILE dialing = 'S'
- ■ Manual redial = 'R'
- ■ Time eXtend = 'X' - adds 5 seconds
- ■ Extensive command line timing options
- ■ DESQview aware windowing routines
- ■ Releases timeslices while in DESQview (uses about 5% of CPU time)
- ■ All modem communications routines are in assembly (= fast)
- ■ ToneLoc can now SCAN FOR CARRIERS! THOSE DAMN RACOONS!
- ■ Reports Dials per Hour
- ■ Ability to abort dials after X number of rings
- ■ Supports baud rates of 300-57600
- ■ An even fancier meter!
- ■ Monochrome-aware screen attributes
- ■ Much improved .DOC file
- ■ Automatic timed backup of .DAT file
- ■ Separate file for "found" tones and/or carriers
- ■ Blacklist file (list of numbers ToneLoc should never dial)
- ■ Sounds (configurable)
- ■ Volume control WHILE dialing
- ■ ToneMap: Visually displays datafiles (VGA required, see below)
- ■ Now scans Random or Sequential (forward or backward)
- ■ You may 'pause' while dialing (for whatever reason)
- ■ Option to exit if too many "NO DIALTONES" occur
- ■ Several "note" keys: <C>arrier, <F>ax, <G>irl, <T>one, <V>MB
- and <Y>elling asshole -- to make a special note while dialing
- ■ nuttin honey (yet)
-
- And various other minor things and bug fixes.
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-