DOSBand RELEASE NOTES
        Version 5.20.02, September 1997
        Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc.

                                                Airport Industrial Park
                                                Turners Falls, MA 01376
                                                (413) 863-0200
                                                (413) 863-0255 (fax)
                                                info@sunlight.yesinc.com
                                                

        This document describes important information not found in the 
        manuals or that supersedes the information in the manuals. It
        also describes any known problems along with their workarounds.
                            
 YESTALK EMULATOR REPLACES QTALK
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       The documentation refers to the Qtalk terminal program. This
       terminal emulator has been replaced by YEStalk, which is
       supplied with the DOSBand host software. Refer to the YEStalk
       User Guide for more information. The Installation chapter in
       the YESDAS manual still uses Qtalk in its sample session. You
       can use YEStalk in command-line mode like Qtalk, but you will
       probably prefer to use the menu items and dialogs to communicate
       with the YESDAS datalogger. You should read the YEStalk manual
       before trying the sample session in YESDAS so you can make the
       appropriate substitutions in the procedures.

 PASSWORDS IN .CAL FILE
 ============================
       Certain sections of the documentation refer to the System Information
       and Password sheet. This sheet is no longer bound into MFR and YESDAS
       manuals. Instead, password information is included as comments in the
       .cal file. Search for the keyword password to find the system information.
 
        
 HOW TO UPGRADE DOSBAND
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       The latest version of DOSBand is always available via anonymous ftp
       to solsun1.asrc.cestm.albany.edu. We will try to notify you as new releases
       become available, but you may want to check this ftp site periodically
       to make sure you have the latest software.

       To ftp the software:
       
       1. ftp solsun1.asrc.cestm.albany.edu
       2. Log in as anonymous and specify your address as your password.
       3. cd \pub.
       4. Type binary (or type I) to change to binary mode.
       5. mget *.EXE. Be aware that names are case sensitive.
 
       You should retrieve four files:
       o INSTALL
       o DRIVERS
       o PROGRAM.EXE
       o UTILITY.EXE
       
       6. Also check for a release notes file with the extension .txt and get this
          file if one exists.

       7. Copy the files to a floppy diskette and run install from the disk. The 
          install program must be executed from a floppy disk. 


 KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS
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 o YEStalk terminal emulator takes a long time to start from DOSBand
         With the current extended memory implementation, YEStalk takes
         a long time to start from DOSBand. We recommend that you run the
         terminal emulator in standalone mode by typing yestalk from the
         \dosband installation directory.