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December 25, 1997 - 12:00am - Release Beta2 - Merry Christmas :)
 
 Second release. After my HD broke. I had to rebuild the source from an old
 backup. The backup wasnt too old but I still had alot of work to do on the
 code. If you have ANY problems or complaints please EMail me at drip@cris.com
 Listed below are the following additions/fixes/improvments:

 Changed the GUI.
 New Configuration screen.
 Changed the Comport setup.
 Improved the speed alot more than the previous beta.
 Enabled upload transfer support. (Downloads in the registered version)
 Fixed the lockups and blue screens during uploads.
 Added a "FrontEnd Mailer Mode" feature (Registered). This will make NetModem/32
 not display the NetModem/32 information on connect.
 Added an option to allow the globe in the system tray to spin or not to spin.
 Redid the local IP and local hostname lookup and display code.
 Changed the right click popup menu.
 Port Statistics screen now reports "Blocked Connections" instead of
 "Connections on Busy".
 Added "Total Busy" report to the Server Statistics screen, to report
 the total number of connections that returned "BUSY" to the remote end.
 Fixed the "CPS Rate" meter. Now accurately reports CPS based on TX (sending)
 and RX (receiving).
 Added confirmation screens when changing settings that affect the current
 connections.
 Changed the Current Connections list display test.
 Improved application load time. Now loads much faster.
 Removed the need for URLMON.DLL and WININET.DLL since several people did not
 have these files. This didnt affect anything.
 Added click'able text to the about menu to go to the Borland (c) and
 NetModem/32 web pages. There is also EMail clickable text it will allow
 you to send EMail directly to me.
 New dynamic code and better code technics which means less bulky code
 and more dynamic code. This also decreased code size and improved speed.
 Used Delphi's Optimized compile method.
 Decreased NetModem.DLL size.
 Fixed the typing lag that everyone had problems with. This was due to
 the applications constantly calling timeslice when there was data to be
 received. The .VxD will now handle all the timeslices for the applications
 at Ring0. This has speeded up the typing speed alot, especially with
 RemoteAccess.
 Changed to circular buffers instead of straight buffers. This will speed
 up some things also.
 Fixed the "Asynchronous Socket Errors" people kept reporting.
 Fixed receiving crap on "CONNECT XXXXXX" messages.
 Improved the "RING" methods. NetModem will now ring your BBS 5 times, if
 there is no answer then it will say "NO CARRIER" and disconnect the remote
 system.
 Rewrote the Assembler for the .VxD.
 Fixed incompatiblities with MBBS (not MajorBBS (c)).
 Fixed FOSSIL functions 0Dh, 0Eh, 13h and 15h which cause keyboard and screen
 write problems with MBBS.
 Fixed FOSSIL function 1Bh to return the FOSSIL information to the correct
 location, as specified by the calling software.
 Fixed FOSSIL function 07h to return the correct timer tick information.
 Fixed FOSSIL information call 1Bh to return the correct FOSSIL structor in
 the correct segment and offset of the calling VM.
 The .VxD is no longer loaded dynamically. This is because dynamically loaded
 .VxD's are very unstable, and are never really unloaded from memory.
 Be sure to replace ALL your old versions of NetModem/32 files and remove
 NetFOSSIL/16 from your AUTOEXEC.BAT if you have it in there.
 Added automatic .VxD and AUTOEXEC.BAT installation.
 To install the new .VxD, unlike other simular programs, you do NOT have to
 edit your SYSTEM.INI file manually. I have made it easy for everyone. All
 you need to do is run NetModem.EXE and make sure you havent already loaded
 the beta1 NetModem, if you have then reboot. When you run NetModem.EXE it
 will look for the .VxD. If its not loaded then it will ask you for the path
 to it, and then you will need to reboot. and thats it. It cant get any easier.
 It will also modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to the needed settings to run
 NetModem/32 and NU.
 Fixed "Blue Screen of Death - 0E at 0028:C0021783" errors.
 Added UART emulation inside NetFOSSIL. This should fix problems with PCBoard.
 Fixed incompatiblities with Virtual Advanced BBS (VBBS/VABBS). Thanks to
 Thorny at Telnet://thorny.ml.org.
 Added "AT" modem commands responding to FOSSIL function 19/Block Write.
 NetModem/32 now does NOT have to be loaded for you to load NU.EXE. You may
 load NU.EXE at any time. Be SURE to check the new parameters that NU beta 2
 use because they have changed.
 Added a Test to NU to test NU -> VxD -> Application test.
 Added  /A, Reactivate, and /D, deactivate FOSSIL switches to NU.EXE.
 NU.EXE is no longer a TSR. Meaning it will not reside in memory.
 Load safe!. Load order of NU and NetModem/32 are independant, meaning
 it doesnt matter which one is loaded first.
 Decreased program CPU overhead.
 Added External file support information for BBS software to read and get
 NetModem/32 Server and individual port information and statistics. A Pascal
 style .INC file has been packaged for authors to use to incorporate this into
 thier software. For you C/C++ authors, your going to have to convert it yourself
 and if anyone does convert it please send me the conversion to package in future
 releases.
 Added all the features for the registered version. Dial-Out has not yet been
 added as it will take time to get this implemented and to try to provide
 combatibility with VModem, although the author doesnt seem to want to support
 anything anymore.
 Now accepting registrations. See Register.TXT for information.
 When you register you will receive the Registered version but it wont have
 Dial-Out support. Once Dial-Out is completed you will receive the upgrade at
 no charge.
 Set the date information to 1998. Since it is right around the corner. :)
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October 10, 1994 - 10:00pm - Release Beta1

 First initial release. Not quite ready but people kept begging to see
 what was in development.
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