geoFAX V2.1 Patch

This software is for the sole use of the registered owner of geoFAX V2.0 and is not to be passed around by any means to anyone else. Also the code contained within this patch program is copyrighted and is not to be used by anyone in any other software.

Beginning on February 20, 1998, all new copies of geoFAX being sold are version 2.1. As a current owner of geoFAX V2.0, you can use this patch program to upgrade your existing copy to V2.1.

USING THE PATCH PROGRAM

Upgrading is easy. Begin by copying both this patch program and geoFAX 2.0 to any disk device from within GEOS 2.0 or Wheels. You can patch an original uninstalled copy of geoFAX or one that's already been installed. The patch works with either one. Both files must reside in the same directory. Any disk, partition, or ramdisk may be used. Once copied, double-click on the patch program icon to run it. If all goes well, the next thing you'll see is a dialogue box informing you that the patch was successful. Your copy of geoFAX will now be V2.1.

ERRORS THAT MAY OCCUR

While the patch program is running, it might fail if it encounters any errors. An error could be a bad disk, or a bad copy of geoFAX, or the wrong version of geoFAX, or even a copy of geoFAX that's already been upgraded. If any error message appears, you'll have to start over with a fresh copy of geoFAX to patch. Don't take a chance on trying to run the patch program a second time on the same copy of geoFAX.

USING V2.1

Nothing to say here, just use geoFAX as you always have. The existing manual still applies. Included with the patch is a replacement for pages 36 and 37. You can print these pages or copy them into your geoWrite manual file. The CourierNLQ font is also included.

V2.1 FIXES

The new version of geoFAX fixes a few problems that were discovered in V2.0. V2.1 improves or fixes the following:

* auto-answer failed to answer more than one call

* tone/pulse did not save as default

* filecopier failed to replace a file when the user was prompted that a file of the same name existed on the destination disk.

* Slight performance improvement in sending and receiving. But you still must watch your baud rate depending on the disk device you're using. Remember a 1541 can't keep up as well as an FD and a RamLink is faster than an HD. Read chapter 15 of your manual!

* Hardware flow control is now supported in addition to the software flow control. It's all automatic, you just change the init string from the "MODEM" screen. Use whichever method works best for your modem. You'll discover this through trial and error.

* Handshaking sequences are improved during sending and receiving. But we still have a problem occasionally when sending. From our end it looks like the fax made it, but the remote fax machine might report an error even though the entire fax went through ok. We'll have to put up with this for the time being. It seems to happen mostly when sending out a fax that we received. The fix is to slow down your receive speed. Apparently the received fax ends up with some errors near the end that causes the problem.