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119 lines
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ProBoard v2.20.00
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* ProBoard now has a new registration scheme. It no longer uses the
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REGKEY.PB file to store your registration information. Now, your
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registration information is burned into the PROBOARD.EXE file itself.
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I know there are going to be a lot of people out there who won't like
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this change in the slightest, but it's really for new customers of
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ProBoard. With ProBoard v2.2, new customers don't automatically get
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an unlimited node license when they buy a copy. They purchase the
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number of nodes they want to run. The key is the serial number and
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the activation code which is used to unlock the software. This
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information tells ProBoard how many nodes it will allow. Now, for all
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those people who already own existing copies of ProBoard, you will
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automatically be upgraded to an unlimited node license as part of your
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upgrade.
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How do I upgrade to v2.2, and get it registered? It's a four-step
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process.
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Step 1: Download ProBoard v2.2 (which you've already done, or you
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wouldn't be seeing this file).
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Step 2: Run the program included with ProBoard 2.2 called REGINFO.EXE.
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This will read your REGKEY.PB file, and extract out the old
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registration information. It will then display an eight-digit
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code on the screen which is your Upgrade-ID code. This code
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will be crucial in the next step.
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Step 3: Visit the TeleGrafix Web site at http://www.telegrafix.com,
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and purchase your upgrade. While you're filling out the
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upgrade form, you'll be asked for your Upgrade-ID code, the
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name of the SysOp and the BBS name as they appear in ProCFG.
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The Web site will compare this information against the data
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encoded in your Upgrade-ID code, and if they match, you'll
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automatically be given your new registration information.
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NOTE: A single BBS can only be upgraded once, to prevent pirates
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from stealing your registration information!
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Step 4: Run the REGISTER.EXE program, and key-in the newly assigned
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serial number and activation code.
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That's all there is to it. You're ready to go online with a fully
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functioning ProBoard system.
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* New look and feel for the main console.
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* Fixed a minor centering problem in the "last caller" field.
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* Added a new option to the status bar (ALT-J) to "Jump to DOS". This
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option was already available in the software, but it wasn't documented
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on the main console screen.
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* Added five new functions to the ProBoard PEX SDK:
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fileno()
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getcurdir()
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getdisk()
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_dos_getftime()
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_dos_setftime()
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* Changed message 361 in the language files to make room for the expanded
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year string.
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* Updated ProCFG.EXE to properly handle four-byte year data entry. The
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expiration date can be set to "00/00/0000" to indicate no expiration
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date.
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* The new user signup now allows you to select from the updated date
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formats:
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MM/DD/YYYY
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YYYY/MM/DD
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DD/MM/YYYY
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* The new user signup now forces you to enter four-digit years when asked
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to enter your date of birth.
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* The file system now forces you to enter four-digit years when entering a
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date to search for files by.
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* Fixed a potentially serious bug with the birthdate asking code. There
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were circumstances when it might generate a garbled birthdate.
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* Added a new macro code to ".A?? File Control Codes". The new code is
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"^F;" (i.e., 06-59). This code displays the user's password, or if the
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"Hide Password" option is enabled in ProCFG, then this option will display
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the password hiding character as defined in ProCFG.
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* The default SETUP.* menu files have been changed to use the new "^F;"
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macro code instead of "^FC" for the password display to properly support
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the Hide Password option.
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* Changed the look and feel of the SysOp functions F1 and Shift-F1 to be
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more consistent with the main console appearance.
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* Changed the color of the status line displayed on the main console when
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a user is logged in. The new color is more like the main console.
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* Changed the entire look and feel of ProCFG to be more similar to the BBS
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main console.
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* Fixed a bug with ProCFG where if you make changes to the system
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configuration data, the inappropriate action was taken when you chose to
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save or cancel the changes when you exit. I don't know if this was
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present in the release version of v2.16, but in the code obtained from
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the author, the exact opposite operation was performed. If you decided
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to abandon the changes, they got saved instead, and vice-versa.
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* Updated the PB_SDK header, and the library. Several of the data
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structures in PB_SDK.H have been updated to be accurate with regard to
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ProBoard v2.2 compatibility. The .LIB file has also been rebuilt to
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be v2.2 compliant.
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# # #
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