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File name:	DIALER.TXT			Revision date:	1999.11.26
Created by:	Ulf Ronald Andersson		Creation date:	1999.11.26
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This file describes the current development state of the STinG dialer APP,
as it has progressed since Peter handed over STinG development to me, and
to the 'STinG Evolution Team' that has joined me in this work.

At present that team consists of:

Ronald Andersson	(myself)
Vassili Papathanassiou

The copyright to updated versions remains property of Peter Rottengatter,
and the release form remains FREEWARE, as originally defined by him.

Updates will be described below, in reverse chronological order.
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DIALER 1.17:		Beta release:	1999.11.26
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This is the first update to the dialer made by the STinG Evolution Team.
(Actually I did these changes myself, but others may join in later.)

In this version I have rewritten several event handling routines and the
main event loop, so as to allow proper functionality as an ACCessory.

To install it as ACC, just rename DIALER.APP to DIALER.ACC and store it, with
DIAL.INF, in the same folder as your other ACCessories.  Note that it is not
necessary to move DIAL.RSC or DIAL.SCR (or other scripts) to that folder.
They must all reside in the folder indicated by the string in DIAL.INF.


Another change in this version is that both the configured CLIENT_IP of the
dialer itself as well as the original IP of the dialing port will be reset
when disconnecting, to the IP values they had before dialing.  This will
give consistent results for repeated dialing with PAP-requested dynamic
IP addresses (and static ones too of course).

The recommended value of the CLIENT_IP address in DIAL.SCR, for usage with
dynamic IP addresses is "0.0.0.0", as that value will always be recognized
by an ISP as a valid request for dynamic IP.


Finally, all access to hardware ports is made through the updated version
of the device lib released by Olivier Booklage, as this fixes some bugs.

NB: In this early version the RSC file is still unchanged, but fortunately
    the version number is not stored there, so it will be shown as 1.17 .
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