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- WHAT'S NEW?
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- 04/19/92
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- REVISED COM ROUTINES
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- RomBrain will now support ports locked up to 115,200 baud.
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- REVISED CDROM STATUS
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- RomBrain now displays the active CDROM. Be sure to use the new
- RBRAIN.SCR file to replace your old one.
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- DOWNLOAD LOG
- ------------
- A log of downloads is written to MAIN\CALLERx for GAP and REPORT.LOG
- for non-GAP BBSes.
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- OFFLINE FILE REQUESTS
- ---------------------
- If you have more than one CD, and have set up a DRIVE.DAT file,
- your callers can now request files from other CDs. The names of the
- files will be added to the REQUEST.DAT used by the REQUEST BRAIN
- door available from BRAINEX. The REQUEST BRAIN door will automatically
- prompt you to insert the correct CD. User's requests are then copied from
- the CD to a private user directory. User's may then access the REQUEST BRAIN
- to download files when they like.
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- 03/07/92
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- ZIP COMMENTS!
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- If you use a work drive to copy files from CDROM to HARD DISK, and want
- to add ZIP comments to the file, just place your comments in a file
- named COMMENT. Put this file in your ROMBRAIN directory, and zip comments
- will be added for you!
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-
- 03/03/92
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- NEW DRIVE.DAT STRUCTURE
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- MULTIPLE DRIVE SUPPORT
- ======================
- If you use more than one cd drive, you can now include a DRIVE.DAT file
- in your RomBrain directory. It will allow your callers to switch drives
- while using RomBrain. Here is a sample DRIVE.DAT file:
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- CARRS Night Owl Volume #4,A,E:,C:\GAP\ROMBRAIN\PDSI_004,50
- CARRS Night Owl Volume #5,A,F:,C:\GAP\ROMBRAIN\PDSI_005,50
- STORM-1 ADULTS ONLY!,A,F:,D:\STORM,99
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- Each field of data must be separated by a comma. The data format is:
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- CD VOLUME NAME,CDTYPE,CD DRIVE LETTER,PATH TO CDTYPE FILES,ACCESS LEVEL
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- *NEW*
- ACCESS LEVEL is the LEVEL and above of a user allowed to access the CD.
- It's now added at the end of each line in DRIVE.DAT. If you do not place
- a number there, you will get an ERROR 62, end of file error!
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- Be sure to put your default drive information on the first line. This is
- the CD specified by SETUP when you first installed RomBrain. If the
- above format is not followed errors will result!
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- See ROMBRAIN.DOC for more information.
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- 02/10/92
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- UPGRADE FROM OLDER VERSION
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- A new setup and compile program are included in this version of RomBrain.
- Make a note of your REGISTRATION NUMBER before you do anything!
-
- Next, you will need to run SETUP to create a new RBRAIN.CNF file (replaces
- CDBRAIN.CNF). You do NOT need to compile a new FILEBASE. Just be sure
- that the path to your existing CDTYPE files is correct in the setup.
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- WORKING DIRECTORY
- =================
- When a transfer begins, the selected files will be copied to this directory.
- The download will then be from the hard disk, instead of the CDROM. Very
- useful for CDROM Changers and Networks! If you have limited disk space,
- put NONE here.
-
- DIRECTORY MENU
- ==============
- If you have more than 30 directories on your CD, a page of 30 directories
- will be shown. The user can hit [N]ext for next page, then [P]revious
- for previous page.
-
- You can make your own custom menus:
- START -> Start Menu (ASCII)
- STARTG -> Start (ANSI)
- MENU -> Directory Menu (ASCII)
- MENUG -> Directory Menu (ANSI)
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- You need an ASCII menu file on the disk to use an ANSI menu file.
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- PROMPT FOR ZIPPING
- ==================
- When transferring a non-zipped file from an archive, the user will
- be prompted to "ZIP File?" If answer is yes, file will be zipped,
- then the download will proceed.
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- VERSION TYPES
- =============
- RomBrain will no longer list a version number. It's easier to go by
- the date of the .exe file. RomBrain is constatntly being improved,
- so just check Brainex BBS for the latest dated file. The date of your
- version is shown after the program is exited.
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- USE ROMBRAIN AS A FILE COPY UTILITY (Registered Version)
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- When you use Rombrain in LOCAL mode, you can use the download function
- to transfer files from your CDROM to the directory of your choice.
- You will be prompted for a destination directory. If you do not want
- copy files from your CDROM, just hit ENTER to bypass this feature when
- asked for the path.
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-