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TIC version 1.18
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o       The status line display is faster.

o       The directory display routines are faster.

o       64K Apple //e's are supported again.  If you have a 64K machine, TIC
        will have a 14K copy buffer.  The copy buffer is 47K if you have a
        128K machine.  If you have 128K but would rather keep your ram disk
        then pressing the open and closed (option) apple keys while TIC is
        booting will force TIC to run in the 64K mode.

o       A bug in automatic Binary II file unpacking is fixed allowing you to
        download Binary II files with subdirectory entries.

o       Line noise is less likely now to cause an early termination of an
        xmodem or ymodem download.

o       A rarely encountered bug that could result in an xmodem or ymodem
        download getting into an endless error loop has been fixed.

o       There is an expanded disk based help macro available to registered
        owners of TIC.

o       A bug in the manual setting of the printer initialization string
        in version 1.17 could result in a system crash if only a single ^
        was entered as the init string.  This is fixed in version 1.18.



TIC version 1.17
================

o       TIC is better able to handle Binary II downloads of Binary II files
        that have garbage tacked onto the end of the file.  Some info services
        have a problem of padding the end of a Binary II file with EOF (^Z)
        marks.  This would cause TIC to abort a download of such a file in
        previous versions.

o       The status line update routine has been sped up some.

o       TIC is now better able to determine where its root directory is
        regardless of the prefix upon entry or the pathname used to start TIC
        from a program selector or the ProDOS default quit code.  You need not
        set any special prefix prior to running TIC now.

o       You are now asked to confirm that you indend to QUIT the TIC program
        with the OA-Q command.

o       The control character token has been changed from "'" to "^" which is
        more inline with other programs that allow you to specify control
        characters.

o       There is now a OA-M command to let you manually set items that
        previously could only be set via command files.  This means you can
        now change the modem slot, root directory, autosave location, autosave
        mode (append vs multi-file), echo (debug) mode, and so forth from
        the keyboard.  Note that two lines, to set the driver and terminal
        are not yet supported but are a sign of things to come.

o       You can now test the value of a keyboard character pressed in response
        to a WAITFOR KEYBOARD command by using the IF KEYBOARD clause.  This
        is documented more fully in the enclosed TIC.DOC file.

o       You can now use the IF FOUND clause as well as IF FAILED to test the
        result of a WAITFOR STRING statement.

o       The time-out limit for Xmodem and Ymodem uploads has been increased
        to make uploads go a bit faster on slower time-share systems.

Don't forget that there is now a BBS support line for Carolina System Software
products.  The # is 803-776-3936 (300/1200 baud).  This line is available 24
hours a day and is a free system.  Login as 'guest'.