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A-Shell Development History

1. (Windows) TELNET.LIT 1.0(103) released.  Also known as ATE (A-Shell Terminal Emulator), it supports AM65 and AM75 terminal sessions over telnet or serial connections (without many frills).  Usage:

.TELNET configname

where 'configname' is the name of a configuration previously set up using ATECFG (which see below.)

Note that in addition the normal methods of terminating a connection from the server side, you may also use |D (vertical bar, D).

2. (Windows) ATECFG.EXE is now included in the release to configure ATE connections.  It is installed in the BIN subdirectory along with ASHW32.EXE, and may be invoked directly or via ATECFG.LIT.

3. (Windows) ATECFG.LIT 1.0(100) released.  It is simply a wrapper for ATECFG.EXE.

4. TYPE.LIT 1.0(106) has undergone various improvements:

Now supports quoted native filespecs

You can use any key to toggle the display on/off

/S switch delays 1/10 second between output lines

/? or /H (or any invalid switch) displays usage message

Control characters, including nulls, are now displayed  (using the ^ prefix notation).

5. TAIL.LIT 1.0(101) released.  Allows you to display or copy the last N lines of a text file, e.g.:

.TAIL ERSATZ.INI           <display last 20 lines of ERSATZ.INI>

.TAIL ERSATZ.INI/LINES:5   <display last 5 lines of ERSATZ.INI>

.TAIL TEST.LST=ERSATZ.INI  <set TEST.LST to last 20 lines of ERSATZ.INI>

See TAIL/? for usage notes.

6. HEAD.LIT 1.0(101) released.  Same idea as TAIL.LIT but counting from the beginning of the file.

7. Still more tinkering with PCKLST width.  Title width will now cause box to expand for file-based pick lists, but not for array-based lists.