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RE: [ECS] X.ZIP upload Michael David Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:49:19 -0400

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Hi Mark!

Hey - don't you EVER sleep?  :)

How do you whip stuff out like this so fast?

Install is very nice and went very well.  Two minor comments:

At the end of the install, the dialog box says to click on Omnipotence and
ECS on the Desktop.  It should really read something like: "Click on ECS in
the Omnipotence group under your Start menu"

Also, your web page address seems to be messed up on the ecs.lgo screen.


Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From:	Mark Gilmore [mailto:markgilmore@cococo.net]
Sent:	Friday, August 14, 1998 9:16 PM
To:	ecs-list
Subject:	[ECS] X.ZIP upload

Hello all,
X.ZIP is ABOUT to be uploaded to ftp.gallops.com/ecsBETA,
and incorporates the changes below.

I would especially appreciate feedback regarding the new
W95 SETUP procedure. Thanks

     8/12/98:

    64)	A bug has been corrected whereby ECSW could sometimes
	misinterpret clock-tics at the time they "wrap-around" to 0.
	This could occasionally result in faulty device timeouts.

*   65)	So as to be compatible with W95 convention for plain-text files,
	all *.DOC files have been renamed to *.TXT.

	PLEASE ENTER THE FOLLOWING COMMAND, SO AS TO RENAME YOUR
	FILES:
		CD \ECS
		RENAME *.DOC *.TXT

	In addition, all line-draw characters in ECS.TXT (formerly ECS.DOC)
	have been replaced with dashes, etc, so as to have an appropriate
	appearance in W95 editors (which do not support the IBM line-draw
	character set). The original line-draw characters are preserved
	in ECSP.TXT (laser-printer version of ECS.TXT).

     8/13/98:

    66)	A new function key (F7) is now supported in the Item Editor for
	Keyboard-Event Items: Pressing F7 will cause ECSW to place the
	mouse cursor at the specified position in the Window, so as to
	assist in determining the desired position.

*   67)	EXECUTABLES HAVE BEEN RENAMED AS FOLLOWS:

	Old		New
	--------	------------------
	ECS.EXE		ECSD.EXE (DOS vsn)
	ECSW.EXE	ECS.EXE  (W95 vsn)
	SF.EXE		SFD.EXE  (DOS vsn)
	SFW.EXE		SF.EXE   (W95 vsn)

	You should have new Desktop links per running SETUP.
	PLEASE DELETE \WINDOWS\DESKTOP\SFW.LNK & \WINDOWS\DESKTOP\ECSW.LNK.

     8/14/98:

*   68)	All icon files are now stored in \ECS\ICONS, so as to cleanup
the
	\ECS directory.
	PLEASE ENTER THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:
		CD \ECS
		MD ICONS
		MOVE *.BMP .\ICONS
		MOVE *.ICN .\ICONS

    69)	SETUP.EXE now PROPERLY installs ECS in W95 using
"InstallShield".
	Like the old INSTALL.EXE, it does NOT overwrite files which may
	have been customized (such as ECS.CFG & ECS.DT).

    70)	The "Password" prompt is now skipped if no passwords are
	defined in ECS.CFG.

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