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.TITLE ^^GRIPE.DOC -- \\CHANGES FROM VERSION 3 TO 4
^^GRIPE.DOC\\ -- CHANGES FROM VERSION 3 TO 4
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^APRIL, 1974
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^COPYRIGHT 1974, ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORP., ^MAYNARD, ^MASS.
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1.0	^^SUMMARY\\
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1.1	^THIS VERSION CLEANS UP SOME MINOR BUGS AND ADDS THE
SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER AND MONITOR HEADER LINE TO EACH GRIPE
RECORDED.
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1.2	^NO ^^SPR\\S HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ^THERE ARE NO KNOWN
DEFICIENCIES.  ^THIS VERSION RUNS ON ALL MONITORS AND HAS
BEEN TESTED ON 6.01/5.07.  ^IT FULLY SUPPORTS THE
^^DATE\\-75 PROJECT.
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1.3	^^GRIPE\\ IS DOCUMENTED IN THE MONITOR COMMANDS MANUAL
AND IN THE PROGRAMMING SPECIFICATION ^^GRIPE\\.

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2.0	^^CHANGES\\
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35	^ADD THE MONITOR HEADER LINE AND THE PROCESSOR
SERIAL NUMBER TO THE HEADING. ^THIS ALLOWS BETTER
TRACKING OF COMPLAINTS IN A MULTIPLE SYSTEM OPERATION.
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36	^CHANGE THE SIGN-ON HELP MESSAGE TO "DEPRESS KEY"
RATHER THAN "TYPE", BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE NOTICED A
FRUSTRATED NOVICE TYPING THE WORD "ESCAPE" OVER
AND OVER.
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37	^CHANGE TO ASSEMBLE USING ^^C.MAC\\ AS A UNIVERSAL
FILE.
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40	^DEFEND AGAINST THE PROGRAM BEING RUN AT ITS ^^CCL\\
ENTRY POINT.  ^IT WILL NOW BEHAVE THE SAME AS
IF STARTED AT ITS NORMAL ENTRY.
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41	^DON'T LIST _^^Z IN THE COMPLAINT FILE
WHEN THE USER USES _^^Z TO TERMINATE HIS INPUT.
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42	^DEFEND AGAINST POSSIBLE JUNK BY HAVING THE RADIX
OUTPUT ROUTINE HANDLE NEGATIVE NUMBERS CORRECTLY.
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43	^CORRECT A BUG IN THE TIME OUTPUT ROUTINE WHICH
RESULTED IN THE WRONG TIME BEING INDICATED.

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3.0	^^KNOWN DEFICIENCIES\\
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^NONE.
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4.0	^^CHANGES IN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS\\
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^ASSEMBLE WITH ^^C.MAC\\ AS A UNIVERSAL FILE.
^THIS CAN BE DONE BE USING THE COMMAND:
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^^.LOAD U.MAC+C.MAC,GRIPE.MAC\\
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WITH THE FILE ^^U.MAC\\ CONTAINING ^^%.C==-3\\.
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5.0	^^SUGGESTIONS\\
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5.1	^ADD THE ABILITY TO HANDLE AN INDIRECT FILE.
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5.2	^ADD THE ABILITY TO TAKE BACK A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT.
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5.3	^TEACH ^^GRIPE\\ HOW TO HANDLE VARIOUS SPECIAL
KINDS OF REQUESTS, SUCH AS GENERATING AN ^^SPR\\.
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5.4	^DEVELOP SOME INPUT OTHER THAT ^^ESC\\APE OR _^^Z
TO TERMINATE THE TEXT. ^THIS WILL MAKE IT MORE
CONVENIENT TO USE FROM 2741-LIKE DEVICES.
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[^END OF ^^GRIPE.DOC\\]