pctelnet@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Back up telnet files) (12/05/90)
Hello, This is a quick note to annouce the new beta version of NCSA Telnet, 2.3b12. The new version is available on the NCSA ftp server: ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (128.174.20.50). PLEASE, when reporting bugs, tell us the beta version you are using, it saves everyone a lot of time, and make certain the bug you are reporting has not already been noted in the BUGS file. Things which we have fixed are appended to the bottom of this note. Plans for the future include a NNTP News reader (Hi James!) and a smaller version taking advantage of overlaying the code. Thanks & have fun, Quincey Koziol & Chris Wilson Bugs to: pctelbug@ncsa.uiuc.edu =============================================================================== BUG FIXES FOR NCSA Telnet 2.3b12: 1) The problem with the backspace acting like a carriage return in ftpbin has been resolved. 2) FTP now handles disk full errors correctly, and also intelligently strips off the ^Z character on the end of text files which have it. 3) The Appletalk driver is now working. You need to specify the interupt that the appletalk card is using in the config.tel file, i.e.: hardware=atalk interrupt=60 4) Output mapping has been added to allow foreign character sets to display better. The format is very similar to the keyboard mapping, i.e.: "set key a b" in the output mapping file would map all the 'a' characters displayed onto the screen to 'b' characters when the are displayed. This output mapping is specific to each session and may be turned on and off from the parameter menu (Alt-P). The entry to the config.tel file is as follows: outputfile=<filename> 5) Sometimes characters from the extended keyboard are getting eaten. These include the '5' key on the numeric keypad, and the f11 & f12 keys. This can be solved by turning off the clock display. A menu option has been added to the parameter menu (Alt-P) to facilitate this. 6) The BOOTP method of receiving an ethernet address has been fixed and is now fully functional. Please note that some of the utilities we provide may not work correctly with this option, for example, all the hosts which can print on a UNIX host are usually indexed by their IP number, which in the case of BOOTP is dynamically assigned. This will mean that you will probably not be allowed to print on the UNIX machine. 7) Removed the check for the '-h' being the first parameter for LPR to specify the config.tel file, as it was causing more problems than it was solving. 8) Cleaned up some problems with the graphics menu (Alt-G) hanging the machine when tektronix mode was not initialized. 9) Included the object files for the assembly files for those people without assemblers. 10) Included makefiles for Microsoft C 6.0 and Turbo C. (makefile.msc & makefile.tcc respectively) Known Bugs: Please see the BUGS file in this directory. Things Which Still Need To Be Crammed In: 1) All the bugs above. 2) A VGA monochrome screen driver. 3) Overlaying the code so that Telnet will take up less memory. 4) Maybe update the telpass interface. 5) Enhance the vt110 emulator to support double width & double height characters, and the printer toggle switches. Please keep the bug reports coming in! pctelbug@ncsa.uiuc.edu