CHANGES

     I don't know if you read the changes file in the previous version,
     so I will summarize it.  I sold my home in Santa Barbara, and moved
     to a small town in Northern California to concentrate on writing
     shareware full time.  Well (you may ask), how's it going.

     Since my program was reviewed on page 50 in the Nov. 13, 1990 issue
     of PC Magazine, registrations have increased significantly.
     Appearantly a lot of people read (and pay attention to) PC
     Magazine.  Site registrations have really increased, and I now have
     some Fortune 500 customers.  Banks, however, make up the bulk of
     the Site Licensees.

     Even with the increase, I still need an outside income, so I
     continue to accept small consulting jobs.  I have a great hope that
     this may be the last year I have to do so.

     This is not quite the 2.0 release that I had planned.  I had
     planned to start using a new library release to enhance AutoCon.
     The new library had a better editor, and a better menu system.  A
     couple of weeks into the conversion, I realized that the price of
     the new library system was going to be a tremendous increase in the
     size of AutoCon.  AUTOCON.EXE was going to grow to about 400K.  I
     decided that this was not acceptable, so I have a lot more time
     invested in this release than I planned.  The size (however) only
     increased about 20K.  I have completely rewritten the front screen
     code, and added several enhancements to the editor.  The cost is
     that this release is running about a month later than I planned.

     The 2.1 release of AutoCon will have a lot more editor
     enhancements.  I'm planning pull down menus (similar to the front
     screen), and a split screen capability.  I also intend to allow
     Search/Replace operations to go automatically through all
     configurations.  I will also be able to use the screen size in
     effect when AutoCon is started, instead of switching everything to
     the 80X25 mode.

     The extra phone line for my BBS was just installed, and I will get
     it operational this month.  The official start date is March 1,
     1991, but it may be online sooner.  The number is (916) 623 4455,
     ane it will be in operation 24 hours a day.  I'm hoping to have it
     set up to receive FAXes as well, but I'll have to see how well that
     works out.

     The main function of the BBS will be AutoCon support.  If things
     work out well, it may grow into a full multi-line BBS.  As a
     consequence there will be several megabytes of downloadable files
     on it, always including the latest shareware release of AutoCon.
     I will also set up a section for a group of Beta testers, so let me
     know if you are interested in becomming one.  I see several
     enhancements in AutoCons future, as well as a few other programs
     that I have in mind.

     This will be my first BBS, so I'm sure there will be some growing
     pains, so bear with me.

     I love the place I've moved to (and for those of you who asked, yes
     the construction is finished, but I found that I now have to
     re-roof the rest of the house <sigh..>).  I thank you very much for
     the support you have given to AUTOCON, and for giving me the
     incentive to change careers.


                                   -Larry Weaver