Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:3345 comp.os.msdos.apps:566 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!valeria.cs.ucla.edu!wales From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: New Telix (was Re: Telix 3.12 destructive backspace "bug") Message-ID: <1990Nov6.184652.25838@cs.ucla.edu> Date: 6 Nov 90 18:46:52 GMT References: <1684@ole.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.ucla.edu (Mr. News) Reply-To: wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: valeria.cs.ucla.edu In article <1684@ole.UUCP> ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry) writes: True enough, the BS option in the dialing directory can set/reset this flag for you. But the global option was in fact broken and has been fixed by the author. However, the only shareware version of Telix 3.12 is the original December 1989 release. Later versions w/bug fixes are only available to registered users. In all, there are six known bugs in the original shareware release. The latest executable, dated 8/14/90, corrects all six (known) problems. Actually, there does exist a new shareware release of Telix that fixes the six known problems to date. Problem was, Exis Inc. chose not to announce this release. They put it on their BBS, but they still called it version "3.12", they kept the same three file names (TLX312-[123].ZIP), and they even altered the dates on the ZIP files (though not on the contents) to 12/1/89. Without actually examining the ZIP files, there was no way to tell that they represented a different version. I downloaded the latest shareware version from the Exis BBS the other day, and then uploaded it to WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL. The SIMTEL20 main- tainer (Keith Petersen) decided to rename the files "TLX312A?.ZIP" (note the "A" instead of the "-") before installing them in the archive. He did this on his own initiative and responsibility (I told him Exis had preferred to keep the same original names) -- but, given the potential for confusion, I understand Keith's position and believe it will result in much wider dissemination of the latest version. -- Rich Wales // 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."