04/05/95 10:14pm  Version 1.85

        * Fixed a problem with LNK files when approaching their max size
          (36900 bytes).

        * This has just occured to me, and I thought a little while if
          I should tell you or not, because some of might hate me after
          I do:

             Multi-node support (same net) has been there all this time.
             Yes, ladies and gentlemen, an undocumented feature of which
             I didn't know!!
             What you need to do is: In your PBNet.CFG, any of the
             parameters set with '=' can be set to 'Ask', in which case
             PBNet will take console input at the time they are needed.
             This means that you can set your BBSAddress to 'Ask', and
             have 3 importing lines in your mailin.bat:
                 echo 1:250/442 | PBNetIn
                 echo 1:250/443 | PBNetIn
                 echo 1:250/3   | PBNetIn

             (this supposing you had 3 nodes on Fido, and you were
             receiving mail to all of them)

             Alternatively, you can have a setup in which another
             program would feed a random Origin line to PBNet. For this
             to be possible, that program would need to write the one
             line to standard output (console). In this case, you would
             have something like:

             COOKIE "ORIGINS.LST" | PBNetIn

             In PBNet.CFG, on the Origin line you would have: "Ask"

             Yet another idea, you can have more than one parameter set
             variably by using redirection of input:

             PBNet < SET1.TXT

             The possibilities are many, and I'll leave them to your
             exercise to find interesting ways to use this feature.


03/30/95 11:58pm  Version 1.84

        * Fixed a bug in the decompression logic. Previously, PBNet
          would wrongly erase compressed mail files which would not
          uncompress (wrong decompression util, invalid CRC,
          insufficient memory, et cetera), if any PKTs were already
          present in the incomming directory. So if you are running
          multiple nets, you may have lost some mail. I sincerely
          appologise.

        * Added some logic to FDO.BAT which should help with the correct
          reporting of the connection CPS rate.

        * If there are any more bugs, please, anyone let me know.
          Even if you're not registered. Who knows, if you report a bug
          that hasn't been reported before, you may even get a free
          registration.

        * As of the beginning of the year, my email addresses are:
          Internet: radu@io.org (prefered)
          Fido:     Radu at 1:250/642.1
          None of the other addresses will work.

03/11/95 5:51pm   Version 1.83

        * At last I found and fixed a bug which caused badly corrupted
          mail packets to cause PBNetIn to generate an exception 13.

        * Also fixed uncompressing. Previously, PBNetIn would only
          uncompress mail packets if at least 1 PKT was already in the
          inbound directory.

        * Added code to recover from corrupted PKTs. PBNet will now try
          to find the next good message.

        * The code just got more robust. :)

02/22/95 11:27pm  Version 1.82

        * Only the version number has been changed to 1.82, as there
          were no bugs reported.

        * PBNet 1.82 is now a public release, after a long period of
          restricted beta testing.

01/29/95 12:48am  Version 1.81

        * Version 1.80 was very short lived, and it was updated before I
          had a chance to add it to this file.

        * Version 1.81 is currenly in the BETA testing phase, and I will
          not distribute it as shareware, except to registered sysops,
          and still, upon request.

        * PBNet now handles its own compression/decompression. It is
          compatible and tested with PKZIP, ARJ, and LHA. It should work
          with the others as well, though. If not, please, someone let
          me know.

        * PBNet now attaches the created compressed packets to messages
          and puts them in FrontDoor's path so they can be mailed out.
          FMC is no longer required, and will not be included any more.
          FMC will still be available separately, still FREEWARE.

        * I have set up a mail robot, which will send you the latest
          info or binaries of PBNet, FMC and UUPB. Send an Internet
          e-mail to radu@io.org with "PBNet INFO" in the subject for the
          latest revision of this file. "Latest PBNet" will get you just
          that, uuencoded. Substitute UUPB or FMC, if you want it to
          send you those (you have to be a registered sysop in order for
          the robot to send you UUPB). Problems? mail radu@io.org,
          without putting any of the keywords in the subject line.

        * I don't check my Fido addresses for mail any more. E-mail any
          corespondence to radu@io.org. (you can use the 1:250/98
          Internet gateway, if you need to).

        * there is a small utility that will read any message in any
          conference of Powerboard and save it to a text file. The
          intended use is for users to be able to download a single
          message as a text file and keep it for reference (FAQ, lists,
          long messages, UUENCODED files, etc.) If you would like a copy,
          send me a message at radu@io.org. RM.COM is freeware.


   Still to do:

      - multiple networks in one CFG file.
      - I won't make a menued configuration.
      - Probably not a PBHub, either.
      - Interest has not been very high lately, and I cannot really
        justify doing more work on PBNet.
      - Release 1.81 to public as soon as I hear from enough people that
        it has been working flawlessly for them.


07/09/94 10:22pm  Version 1.72

        * I'm terribly sorry about 1.7. I had compiled the module that
          only allows PBNet to be run by my beta testers. Since your
          address did not match any of theirs, PBNetIn would self erase.
          Funny thing is that I had remembered to take that code out of
          PBNetOut.

        * Those of you who experienced this problem deserve a 2 month
          free regular access key. Contact me and I'll send it to you.

        * Added SHARE.EXE support. You can now run PBNet while users
          access the message base on other nodes. PBNet will wait up to
          30 seconds for a file to become available before giving up.


07/08/94 6:23pm    Version 1.71

        * Fixed bug which caused PBNetIn to hang if more than 640
          messages were to be imported from any one PKT in any one
          conference.

        * Optimized PBNetOut new message scan. PBNetIn will now update
          POINTERS.IDX' high message sent pointers if no local mail has
          been inserted in the conferences since the last import. This
          should speed up systems that carry heavy traffic areas but
          don't output a lot of mail in those areas.

        * Modified the format of *.IDS and renamed to *.LNK. Please
          delete *.IDS manually. The LNK's base size is 12 bytes now. If
          the size of a LNK is not an exact multiple of 12, something
          has gone wrong; let me know.

        * Optimized the dupe database loads, makes for more accurate
          dupe hunting.

        * Fixed problem with the registration "Thank you" windows when
          used on a monochrome monitor. I have no way of testing this
          (no monochrome monitor here ... :), so I would appreciate
          if someone would let me know how the registration goes on a
          mono.

   Still to do:

        * Support for SHARE.EXE (on the weekend)
        * Support for Powerboard 1.50+ (when I understand the specs :)
        * Menued configuration EXE + binary CFG (no more EDLIN :)
        * Add to this history file 1.0 - 1.5 versions.

   PBHub starts gaining a shape:

        * Twit filter
        * Embedded editting of MSGAREAS.BBS
        * Multiple net support
        * Multiple export
        * Maybe AreaFix


07/04/94 12:00am   Version 1.7

        * First public release. It supports a registration key.

        * Added a debug mode; activate with PBNET???.EXE DEBUG


????????????????   Version 1.6
         * A very short lived version (<24h), due to compilation in the
           wrong memory model after adding a reg key capabilities. The
           code is just over 64K, and the new model is LARGE, as oposed
           to COMPACT in version 1.5


