Acornet upgrade 0.16 - 0.17 =========================== 8 December 1996 NOTE ---- This upgrade to version 0.17 affects only the 'infrastructure' of Acornet - the configuration program, provider files, slipdial script and front-end control panel - i.e. the bits I'm responsible for. A companion upgrade to version 0.18 incorporates updates to many of the component applications - ArcWeb, FreeNews, Slipdial etc. - i.e. the bits other people have written. The reason for splitting into two upgrades is that some people will have already updated many of the component applications by hand; they can simply apply this upgrade and update any remaining applications using my new semi-intelligent upgrader application (included here). This will save them downloadeding the 0.17-0.18 upgrade which is nearly 1.8Mb compressed. Changes since 0.16 ------------------ ADDITION: New providers: PIPEX, Planet, Asia Online, Inrete, Poptel, VoyagerNZ UPDATE: ZyNet provider has new IP addresses; alternative ZyNetFixIP for users with fixed IP addresses. ADDITION: A new program, !AnUpgrade, to allow intelligent upgrading of the component applications. Accessible from the menu from the 'front panel'. BUGFIX: The program SeeRes was supposed to boot the component applications but sometimes caused a clash in use of Wimp Scrap file (seemingly only affecting RISC OS 3.1). Now replaced by BootApps program. BUGFIX: Sportster 28k now selects the generic Sportster driver - the Courier28k driver was not appropriate BUGFIX: Slipdial script did not honour the pulse-dial option BUGFIX: Configuration of ArcWeb for provider with no proxy server was disabling http, ftp & gopher fetching altogether. BUGFIX: The newnntp program, run when switching between FreeNet and KA9Q, didn't handle newer versions of FreeNews ADDITION: New "mtu" option in provider files to override default (required for Poptel). UPDATE: Modified nameserver and router IP addresses in IFL provider. Instructions ------------ Open the archive (Upg016-017) and copy the !AnUpg017 found inside onto your hard disc. Run it. Drag your !Acornet into the window which appears, as directed, and click on OK. After a while you should be told that the upgrade has completed.