WHAT'S NEW IN MetroCore/Basic?

[1.04 : 11-13-93 : MC/Basic]

Add     Added the /O command-line parm, which disables the activity log.

[1.02 : 11-02-93 : MC/Basic]

Change  Adjusted the Task Types so that whenever information in either the
        Secondary or Tertiary Information lines is given without a comma
        followed by -optional- information, the Task Type no longer mistakenly
        redisplays the given information but instead properly displays the
        set default text.

Change  Corrected problems with a few different Task Types.

[0.71 : 10-26-93 : MC/Basic]

Change  Tweaked the baud rate display once again. This problem is actually
        only a cosmetic one: MetroCore -will- treat the command-line option
        correctly.

[0.70 : 10-25-93 : MC/Basic]

Change  Advanced to a newer version of the OpenDoors library in order to
        take care of a problem with the color screen displays at the menu
        prompt. Hopefully, this does the trick!

Change  Added <RETURN> pauses for the various registration screen toggle
        options, fixing the "ah! it's moving too fast for me to read!"
        problem.

Change  Altered reception code for baud rate in order to correct the annoying
        display problem in the status line. Not yet determined whether this
        is a cosmetic or a factual problem, to begin with; not certain if the
        fix is definitive, as a result.

Add     The new library requires some new toggle switches which are, for the
        most part, unnecessary; I had already written my own code to handle
        the exact same tasks when the MC/Basic was first designed which com-
        pletely obviates the need for these switches, EXCEPT for one feature:
        the "multiple personalities" feature that the new library brings.
        Currently, this feature is disabled, however; looking at the sparse
        docs for the new lib, it explains that a lot of "personalities", in-
        cluding the PCBoard one, are not available yet. It didn't make much
        sense to me to bother with offering this feature with slim pickings.

[0.60 : 10-21-93 : MC/Basic]

Change  Divided the main auto-graphics scanning routine into separate ANSI
        and RIPscrip routines. Each responds to the switches available in
        MCOnline; however, if the automatic RIPscrip scan identifies a valid
        RIPscrip terminal program, it also toggles on the ANSI switch in order
        to take advantage of ANSI in areas that are not covered by true RIP-
        scrip graphics.

Add     Added scanning routines for both color description schemes available
        for menu prompts.

[0.60 : 10-21-93 : MCOnline]

Add     Created the MCConv.Exe utility to convert configuration files and
        menu data files of A1 format to the A2 format. This change is important
        because while pre-0.60 MC used the A1 format, all 0.60 and above setups
        use the A2 format, which adds several new features to the A1 format.

Add     Added separate toggle switches for ANSI and RIPscrip detection
        schemes.

Add     Added timers for both ANSI and RIPscrip detection schemes.

Add     Added separate declarations for upload and download transfer protocols.
        You may still use your existing display file by directing both entries
        to the same file.

Add     Added a discrete protocol directory. You must create it manually if
        you are upgrading from a pre-0.60 setup, of course. Make sure that you
        copy your *.PRT files from your Menu data files directory into your
        new Protocol data files directory.

Change  Expanded the entry line and storage space for the individual menu
        prompts.

Add     Added provisions for entry of color descriptors for the individual
        menu prompts. You may use the standard PCBoard/Wildcat! @X color
        codes or the internal OpenDoors color macro words.

[0.55 : 10-15-93 : MC/Basic]

Change  Comparison testing between Volvus(tm) auto-RIP scanning and Vince
        Jacobs' auto-RIP scanning routines.

Change  Expanded timers on both auto-RIP and auto-ANSI scanning routines, the
        former by more than fivefold, the latter by more than tenfold.

[0.53 : 10-13-93 : MCOnline]

Remove  After some consideration, the automatic graphics scan in the beginning
        of MCOnline has been removed. You can still set the graphics mode when
        either remote (via any DI file you design and specify in MCONLINE.Def,
        or in any acceptable standardized DI file) or local (via any DI file
        you design and specify in LOCAL.Def). This way, if you have an ANSI
        driver enabled, you can always go into it without hitting the ESC key
        all the time to tell DOS to hand over control to your ANSI driver.

[0.52 : 10-12-93 : MCOnline]

Change  Corrected the Odd 9's bug. It was a logic problem of mis-substitution.

[0.51 : 10-11-93 : MC/Basic]

Add     A tester's recommendation for a way to change the Initial Menu during
        Re-entry from a returning BBS partition back to MetroCore has resulted
        in the /I: command-line parm.

[0.50 : 10-11-93 : Documentation]

Add     Just added the TASKS.Doc, which reprints the information in the
        \HELP\*.ASC files, which are called up as screens in MCOnline/Basic.

[0.50 : 10-11-93 : MCOnline]

Change  Changed the input variables in MCOnline to allow numeric entry for the
        names of Cards and protocol data files.

Change  Changed the allowance parameter for the AutoANSI Scan, in the General
        Configuration section. Now it reads as the AutoGraphics Scan.

Add     Added Volvus(tm) scanning technique to AutoGraphics Scan toggle, in the
        General Configuration section.

[0.50 : 10-11-93 : MC/Basic]

Change  Modified the AutoANSI Scan feature to better handle ANSI auto-scanning.

Add     Exchanged a flat scanning technique used solely for ANSI in favor of
        the Volvus(tm) scanning technique, which should encompass both ANSI
        and RIPscrip. Note that RIPscrip has precedence, but in case there are
        no .RIP files available, MC/Basic will revert to ANSI.

Caution When you design a .RIP screen, please be cognizant of the fact that you
        may need to provide for contingencies in which you have not provided
        enough .RIP screens to fill your whole MC/Basic setup. In this case,
        make sure that your .RIP screens will allow for ANSI screens to display
        properly.

