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HL-Server NLM - History of changes
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2.00 (Level 3.30) July 1998

- automatic addition of requested Hardlocks
The NLM may be started without any module address specified.
Whenever a client application requests an unknown Hardlock,
it will be automatically added, if available.
- up to 10 Hardlocks supported
- changed screen layout
- F8 key invokes paket trace mode
- ADD/REMOVE Hardlocks from server screen
- option -comm:ipx selects IPX only
- API_READ_ID function supported

2.00 BETA (Level 3.20)

- TCP/IP support
- ADD/REMOVE Hardlock via HLSADMIN
- ENABLE/DISABLE of protocols via HLSADMIN
- veni-vidi-vici switch renamed to -v (verbose)
- additional level 3 status functionality (identical to HLS32*)
to allow full administration via HLSAdmin
- identification & background checking changed to level 3
- can be started without any Hardlocks specified
- minimum timeout 1 minute (was: 10)

- Duplicated counters problem fixed
If one HL-Server was accessible via different MAC addresses, both
USERINF and MAXUSERS could be duplicated in former versions. You must
use new (Feb. 1998) HL-Servers and APIs for this fix to work (of
course, you can mix old APIs with new Servers and vice versa if you
are not concerned about this problem).

1.28 (Level 2.62)

- API_AVAIL does not longer perform API_LOGIN.
(This is identical to the HL-Server TSR)

- Internal API_STATUSOFF is not used in NLM.
The error counter is no longer incremented if this function
is received.

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1.26 (Level 2.60)

- HL-Server NLM could not be found from within a Windows-95 M8 Dos Box,
because Microsoft IPX does not truncate packets exceeding the buffer
size, but returns an empty buffer.
HL-Server NLM reply packets were 2 bytes too long and have been shortened.

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1.25 (Level 2.55)

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1.23

- Slow file server clock
In rare cases, the file server clock may be slow when using
HLSERVER.NLM. There is an option to correct this problem. Please
contact our support if this problem occurrs.

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1.22

- Bugfix:
Using "Remote/Select" rsp. "Remote/Rescan" from the HL-Server menu
surface, an illegal memory read operation was performed by the NLM.
Depending on the file server's memory usage, the message "Memory read
from nonexistent page" appeared. The file server or HL-Server was not
functionally affected.

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1.21

- The "LOGINS" signature in the application hardlock is considered valid
even if no valid number follows. In this case, the number of logins
will not be restricted, it will be equal to your HL-Server licence.

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1.20

- The LPT ports (278,378,3BC) where to search the HL-Server Hardlocks
may be explicitly specified; this can be used to exclude ports
conflicting with other interface cards (e.g. network adapters) from
the search.

Example: LOAD HLSERVER MODULE:29809 SEARCH:278,3BC

Only port addresses 278 und 3BC will be searched for
HL-Server Hardlocks. There will be no access to port 378.

The addresses must be entered hexadecimal.


- All command line options may be specified in the configuration file
SYS:SYSTEM/HLSERVER.CFG. The syntax is identical to the command line,
but the options may be split into several lines.

Please refer to the example configuration file.
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1.12

- NLM's until version 1.11 replied to an INIT request even if the login
table was full. As a result, the addition of HL-Server licences did
not work correctly. If the first HL-Server found was full, it was
impossible to access any other.

- New detection routines for monochrome monitors implemented.
Direct port access is now used to determine monochrome video adapters
or color adapters with monochrome monitors. This detection may be
overridden by the -FORCEMONO or -FORCECOLOR options. When using this
options, the detection routines will not be used.