wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) (11/03/90)
I've uploaded the current release of Telix, which I obtained from the
Exis BBS this morning, to SIMTEL20. This release is said to fix several
bugs in the original 3.12 -- including the "save destructive-BS setting",
"scroll-down with 43/50 lines", and "reverse video/clear to end of line"
bugs.
The three files were named TLX312-1.ZIP, TLX312-2.ZIP, and TLX312-3.ZIP.
The current release is still called "3.12". For whatever reason, the
Exis people did not want to change the version number or the ZIP file
names in any way. In fact, they even went so far as to reset the ZIP
file dates to 01-Dec-89 03:12:00, even though some of the files con-
tained therein are dated as late as August. I told one of their people
on the phone that I thought this was an ill-advised decision which would
lead to much confusion, but such is life. You might want to call Exis
yourself at (416)289-4641 and tell them the same.
Keith Petersen has renamed the files and added an "a" suffix to the version
number to avoid confusion with the older release. They are now available
from SIMTEL20 as:
pd2:<msdos2.telix>
TLX312A1.ZIP Telix3.12a comm pgm executable & support files
TLX312A2.ZIP Telix3.12a comm pgm docs/host/scripts/dialconv
TLX312A3.ZIP Telix3.12a comm pgm. SALT script lang. and doc
All three files were created with the PKZIP "autoverify" option. I ran
SCAN (67C) on all the files and found no viruses.
The Exis person I spoke with said they were planning to come out with a
"real" new release by the end of this year.
Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU// UCLA Computer Science Department
3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683
"The universe is a spheroid region, 705 meters in diameter."
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BUGS FIXED
1) Destructive/Non-Destructive Backspace key setting could not be saved.
2) 'frename' script function would move file being renamed to current
directory, if it was in another directory on the same drive.
3) On a few individual PCs that we know of, Telix's routines to detect
an enhanced keyboard BIOS think that there is one, when there isn't,
leading to very strange results. This is more likely caused by
misbehaving keyboard related resident programs, rather than a Telix
bug. If the keyboard is thus completely unrecognized by Telix, the
way to get Telix running is to add the line 'ENHKB=OFF" in the
TELIX.CNF file (or change the existing line with this parameter).
4) In ANSI or VT102 mode, the escape code 'ESC [ L', which is used to
scroll lines down, would sometimes clear the first or first few
entries in the translate table on systems running in 43 or 50 line
mode.
5) The Host Mode Remote Shell did not work properly on some systems. The
symptom is the shell just exiting as soon as it was entered.
6) Some time ago code was added to emulate (for conformity) a bug in the
MS-DOS ANSI.SYS driver in Telix's own ANSI terminal, but the new code
slightly messed up VT-102 terminal. The ESC[J and ESC[J1 terminal
escape sequences would reset part of the current line to Gray on
Black instead of the proper default colors.
Release history for Telix 3.12 'unregistered' (evaluation) version:
89-12-1 date on TELIX.EXE file.
Original release. All above bugs present.
90-4-30 date on TELIX.EXE file.
Fixes 1 through 5 above.
90-8-14 date on TELIX.EXE file.
Fixes 6 above.
Release history for Telix 3.12 'registered' version:
89-12-1 date on TELIX.EXE file (before branding).
Original relase. All above bugs present.
89-12-11 date on TELIX.EXE file (before branding).
Fixes 1 & 2 above. Adds documentation for vputchrs, vputchrsa, and
unload_scr SALT functions left out of SALT.DOC.
89-12-22 date on TELIX.EXE file (before branding).
When there is no existing TELIX.CNF file, or when updating from
Telix 3.11 or earlier, Telix will now turn enhanced keyboard support
off by default, instead of on as before, to work around problem 3
above... The option can be toggled on/off in the General Options
page of the Configuration Menu.
90-4-30 date on TELIX.EXE file (before branding)
Fixes 4 and 5 above.
90-8-14 date on TELIX.EXE file (before branding).
Fixes 6 above.
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TLX312A1.ZIP
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
7647 Implode 2692 65% 12-11-89 03:12 0b06cab8 LICENSE.DOC
280160 Implode 139591 50% 08-14-90 03:12 0934ad1c TELIX.EXE
182 Shrunk 120 34% 12-01-89 03:12 14e4ef9e ANSI.KEY
131 Shrunk 89 32% 12-01-89 03:12 87bef990 AVATAR.KEY
462 Implode 261 44% 12-01-89 03:12 97324182 VT102.KEY
533 Implode 306 43% 12-01-89 03:12 45040406 VT102ALT.KEY
188 Shrunk 124 34% 12-01-89 03:12 7ec04858 VT52.KEY
2314 Implode 988 57% 04-30-90 03:12 c6c3a7aa HCONFIG.SLC
7778 Implode 3596 54% 04-30-90 03:12 f80cb78b HOST.SLC
1271 Implode 677 47% 12-01-89 03:12 fe940c06 CIS.SLT
1318 Implode 611 54% 12-01-89 03:12 8df4a03c OPUS.SLT
2194 Implode 990 55% 12-01-89 03:12 085e757e PCBOARD.SLT
1323 Implode 618 53% 12-01-89 03:12 0a184008 QUICKBBS.SLT
1332 Implode 623 53% 12-01-89 03:12 4c27fdfb TBBS.SLT
8191 Implode 2417 70% 08-14-90 13:52 ba36ed1c READ.ME
------ ------ --- -------
315024 153703 51% 15
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TLX312A2.ZIP
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
7647 Implode 2692 65% 12-11-89 03:12 0b06cab8 LICENSE.DOC
172673 Implode 52288 70% 12-11-89 03:12 05be6c3e TELIX.DOC
9442 Implode 5913 37% 10-30-88 03:11 497b3e31 CONVERTF.COM
128 Shrunk 62 52% 12-01-89 03:12 da295860 LASER66.COM
34970 Implode 17796 49% 12-01-89 03:12 ff3e4d77 CS.EXE
24216 Implode 9095 62% 12-01-89 03:12 e5d7a2a1 TELIX312.NEW
4999 Implode 1359 73% 04-30-90 03:12 60ce9334 HCONFIG.SLT
22430 Implode 6037 73% 04-30-90 03:12 01712de0 HOST.SLT
8191 Implode 2417 70% 08-14-90 13:52 ba36ed1c READ.ME
------ ------ --- -------
284696 97659 66% 9
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TLX312A3.ZIP
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name
------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ------ ----
7647 Implode 2692 65% 12-11-89 03:12 0b06cab8 LICENSE.DOC
216855 Implode 55598 74% 12-11-89 03:12 0441eba4 SALT.DOC
8191 Implode 2417 70% 08-14-90 13:52 ba36ed1c READ.ME
------ ------ --- -------
232693 60707 74% 3
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