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This file documents changes, additions, and corrections to ROS 4.0 and its associated documentation. Also, please refer to EXTERNAL.DOC for additional documentation. ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ ROS 4.01 December 19, 1990 │ └─────────────────────────────┘ 1. Early releases of the "System Operator's Guide to ROS" incorrectly stated on page 1 that "DOS version 3.0 or later is required." The statement should have been "DOS version 3.3 or later is required." 2. SAMPLE.DAT contains sample setups for several archive programs, file transfer protocols, and doors. These setups should be modified for your particular application and installed using ROSSETUP. 3. The ROSSETUP.EXE program was not properly handling additions/deletions to the control file. This has been corrected. 4. ROS uses several external programs to handle the serial port, perform file transfers, process compressed files (archives), and manage the doors: The following list are programs that ROS has been tested with and been found to be compatible. This list is in no way an endorsement of any particular product. All of these files are available from The Albuquerque ROS at (505) 299-5974 or from hundreds of other online services and bulletin board systems. FOSSIL drivers: BNU170.ZIP X00V122.ZIP Transfer protocol drivers: Protocol Recommended Program -------- ------------------- Clink CLINK120.ZIP HyperP HYPERP.ZIP Jmodem JMOD121.ZIP Kermit PCKERM21.ZIP Lynx LYNX302.ZIP Mlink MLINK16.ZIP Puma & MPT MPT110.ZIP Super8k SK445.ZIP Wxmodem SK445.ZIP Xmodem DSZ.ZIP Xmodem-1k DSZ.ZIP Ymodem DSZ.ZIP Ymodem-G DSZ.ZIP Zmodem DSZ.ZIP File compression utilities: Type Recommended Program ------ ------------------- .ZIP PKZ110.EXE .ARC PK361.EXE .LZH LH113C.EXE .PAK PAK250.EXE .ZOO ZOO201.EXE .LBR LUE22.ZIP Doors: Just about any door that uses DORINFOx.DEF or DOOR.SYS since ROS creates both of these files. This includes most doors that are compatible with RBBS-PC, QBBS, and many other bulletin board systems. 5. The following table defines the user flags as they will be shown on the Sysop ser <E>dit screen. "1" indicates the flag is set: Bit Position Name Keys to change from Setup Menu 0000000000000000 | |||||- Shiftlock <S>hiftlock | ||||-- Ansi <A>nsi | |||--- Expert <X>pert (from Files or Messages menu for | || regular users or from Sysop Menu | || for sysop) | ||---- Brief rief | |----- File size <F>ilesize |---------------- Expiring message has been sent (internal use) ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ROS 4.02 March 2, 1991 │ └─────────────────────────┘ 1. The user is now given the option of performing an automatic logout after a file transfer completes. A ten second timer is displayed after the transfer before the logout actually takes place. The user can interrupt this timer with an "H" to hangup immediately or any other key to remain online. 2. Minor changes were made to the format of the information displayed before a file transfer starts. 3. The registration procedure in an open system is considerably "friendlier" now since the user can make changes to the registration information before its filed away. In conjuntion with this change, two screens displayed to new users have changed names and two screens have been added. NEWINFO has been changed to REGINFO1 and REGISTER has been changed to REGINFO4. REGINFO2 and REGINFO3 have been added. The screens are displayed at the following times: REGINFO1 The first time a user calls REGINFO2 Each subsequent time a user that hasn't registered calls REGINFO3 When the system detects missing registation information REGINFO4 When the user has successfully complete the registation Short sample sceens are included in DISPLAY.ZIP. 4. The ANSI and lower case settings for an unregistered user are now correctly maintained from call to call. 5. Memory requirements for ROS have been reduced by over 40 k-bytes. Many doors that formerly required "SWAP" to be on can now be run with it off for faster loading and unloading. 6. ROS now ensures that DOS version 3.3 or later is being used. 7. ROS now reads the transfer log file instead of the display screen to determine the characters per second for the transfer. If you're using DSZ, use the environment variable "DSZLOG" to set the file name and use a different file for each node, e.g. node one might use "SET DSZLOG=DSZ-1.LOG". Note that as of this writing, MPt (formerly Puma) and Super8k will both write to the DSZ log file in a compatible format. These drivers can also create a seperate log file for each node. 8. The default lines-per-page for new users has been changed from 23 to 24 lines. 9. When adding new users from the <S>ysop ser screen, the default color was being set to green on black instead of the color set in ROSSETUP. The color for new users added to the system through the normal login/register sequence was being set correctly. 10. The <S>ysop ser screen no longer erases the right column as changes are made to fields in the left column. ^K (erase to end-of-line) when entered locally, will still do so however. 11. When Extended Display Codes (EDC) 004, 005, or 006 are used, blank lines will no longer be exanded into the field width but will instead be sent to the remote system as just a CR/LF pair. 12. In the "Control" screens of ROSSETUP, F3 now wraps around to the last record in a set if there is no previous record. F4 still wraps around to the first record if there is no next record. 13. After <L>oading a message, ROS is now left in edit mode instead of automatically saving the message. 14. The colon (":") after the line number on messages has been eliminated to allow the full message line to properly display. Previously, a long (76 character) line caused an extra blank line to appear. 15. The editor now consistently renumbers lines after every insertion or deletion. Previously, lines were renumbered only after an insertion and deleted lines were left as apparent "holes" until the message (or macro) was stored away. 16. A memory allocation bug in the editor was corrected. 17. A flag is now set when the sysop <V>alidates a user. This flag, the second bit from the left in the "Flags" field, can be tested and reset by external programs to create lists of newly validated users. 18. Corrected several display problems in ROSSETUP. 19. Corrected a bug in the catalog editor. <S>electing a new file name would not work correctly until an area had been selected by <A>rea change, <F>orward, or ackward. 20. The name of the file DISPLAY.ZIP has been changed to ROS-SYSM.ZIP to better indicate its use. *21. Message and file areas can now be set to "free" in ROSSETUP. When a free message area is entered, ROS will display the message "Time accounting suspended" and allow the user to spend as much time as desired in this area. When a user tries to download a file from an area marked as free, ROS will allow the transfer even if the user does not have sufficient time remaining and will display the message "Time accounting suspended" before the transfer starts and "Time accounting resumed" after the transfer ends, much like it does for uploads. *22. Message areas, file areas, and doors can now be controlled by age. ROSSETUP allows the sysop to enter a lower and upper age limit. If the user is younger than the lower limit or older than the upper limit for an area or door, no access will be allowed. By default, new entries will be created with 0 for the lower limit and 255 for the upper. * Items 21 and 22 use previously undefined fields in the ROS-CTRL records. To set all records to "not free", "0", and "255", run the program SET402. Although you will probably only need to run this program once when you first install ROS version 4.02, it can be run at any time to reset these fields. BUT CAUTION, SET402.EXE SHOULD ONLY BE RUN ON ROS 4.0x FORMAT FILES. ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ROS 4.03 March 31, 1991 │ └──────────────────────────┘ 1. Keyword searches on the file catalog are now supported. Using the text file "CATALOG" that ROS creates from its catalog data base, users can search for just about any keyword or phrase at very high speeds (approximately 500 k-bytes per second on my test system). To make these searches meaningful and timely, you should have ROS build a new catalog daily. 2. The CATALOG and LEADERS files are now created in the ROS "home" directory rather than in LOGIN. While this ensures the CATALOG will be available for keyword searches, it does mean that to make them available to users, you will have to move these two files explicitly, e.g. during your daily event. 3. The text file "ROS-CAT.HDR", created by the sysop, replaces the automatically inserted system name in the header of the CATALOG file. ROS will still insert the creation date. The header file should be placed in the ROS "home" directory, i.e. the directory in which ROS will find its other data files. The following is an example of this header file: The Albuquerque ROS Master File Catalog This is a complete list of files for The Albuquerque ROS except for the PC-SIG Library and the adult file areas. File areas with "$" in the header are available only to subscribers.