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## WhatsNew for CrCheck DOS/Legacy Edition

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HINT: For CrCheck MP 5.xx see the CrCheck PDF for version history

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4.82    26.12.2025      Product maintenance. Fixed a texts of the program. Non
                        user visible enhancements. Latest GPG tested

4.81    31.12.2024      Due to the Umlauts removal some indentation was
                        wrong. Updated documentation and cr2gpg.bat

4.80    21.12.2024      Added some checks for the upcoming new CrCheck version
                        "Portable CrCheck" for multiple platforms/different
                        hashes. Due to ongoing issues with UTF8/CP437 the
                        German versions "Umlaute" were replaced f.e. "ä -> ae"

4.76    08.07.2024      Package refreshed, updated programs and documentation

4.75    24.08.2023      Fixes around Cr2gpg

4.74    05.09.2022      Enhancements on Cr2gpg. General improvements.
                        Tested with GPG 1.4.13, 1.4.23 and GPG2 2.2.27, 2.2.35

4.72    14. Dec. 2019   Recompiled/updated stuff

4.71    17.March 2018   Umlaute/UTF-8/CP-437 issues fixed. Partly ported to
                        Linux (not yet working).

4.63    02.12.2017      Changed from GNUPG 1.4.x to version 2.1.x
4.62    June 2016       Added to the signature the used hash for maybe future
                        addition of modern hashes like SHA2 or SHA3
                        --> CrCheck/DOS16/CRC32/4.62
                        Programm runs under Windows and Linux now, needs some
                        tweaking esp. around long file names.
4.61    Nov. 2014       Updated and maintained programs/Maintenance Release
4.60    02-Mar-2013     Updated, fixed some URLs/homepage
4.59    2012
4.58    03-Feb-2011     Updated and maintained programs
4.57    22-Oct-2009     Maintenance Release
4.56    11-May-2009     Small enhancements and clean-up.
4.55a   13-Nov-2008     Tested with GnuPG 1.4.9
4.55    06-Mar-2008     Updated stuff, updated documentation.
4.54    09-Apr-2006     CR2* batch files: Fixes and enhancements. Updated the
                        documentation.
4.53    06-Feb-2006     Small enhancements and changes on the documentation
4.52    11-Jan-2005     Misc. changes and enhancements.
4.51a   06-Jan-2004     Misc. changes.
4.51    27-Aug-2003     Added support for CrCheck.TXT.ASC
4.50    19-Nov-2002     PGP 7.xx is not compatible with Win-XP, so I moved to
                        GNU PGP and added therefore the batch file
                        "Cr2gpg.bat" to handle GNU PGP (OpenPGP).
                        Converted the English documentation to PDF format.

4.41a   20-Aug-2002     Updated text files. Better exit() functions added.
                        Ported CrcTest to win32
4.41    17-Feb-2002     Released as version 4.41
4.40c   15-Feb-2002     ChkDos.bat and ErrGet.bat fixes by Rick Lively
4.40b   14-Feb-2002     ChkDos.bat fixes (label)
4.40a   12-Feb-2002     Some misc. enhancements (DOX etc.)

4.40    11-Dec-2001     Fixed errget.bat for NT/2000. Renamed all .doc to .txt
                        Added a check for newer "CrCheck.txt" files, to be
                        compatible with the planed new CrCheck versions.
                        This is maybe the last 4.xx release and maybe the last
                        release for DOS-16
                        New version 5.00 will be designed to run under Win32/
                        Linux long file names
                        Changed to EURO, PRICE REDUCTION!
                        Package is now under CVS version control
                        CrCheck version is now added to the header of
                        CrCheck.txt

4.34    05-June-2001    Enhanced chkdos.bat, crctest.exe

4.31    28-Dec-2000     Added errget.bat

4.30    25-Dec-2000   ! The exit codes (ERRORLEVEL) had been enhanced, see
                        documentation. Added the options /e and /v.

4.24    06-Sep-2000     Fixes for NT4/move (cr2pgp). Small enhancements.
                        ChkDos.Bat enhanced.

4.23    14-Feb-2000     Fixes for PGP 5.0/6.0 (cr2pgp). Prints now OK/failed
                        number of modified files.

4.22    14-Nov-1999     Small fixes on program and documentation.

4.21    13-Mar-99       Small bug fix. CR2PGP & CHKDOS enhanced.

4.20    07-Feb-99       CrCheck excludes now some file types (.PIF, .!!!
                        and .TMP). Fixed a bug of Win-95. Enhanced CRC2PGP.

4.16    08-Sept-98      Minor changes in the code, minor changes in the
                        documentation. Fixed a bug in CR2PGP. Added
                        CR2PGP.COM driver.

4.15    27-Jan-98       Minor changes in the code, minor changes in the
                        documentation.

4.14    23-Aug-97       Some minor code changes, esp. functionality for PGP
                        and Win 95/NT added.

4.13    28-Jan-97       Added the batch file CR2PGP too easily sign the
                        CRCHECK.TXT file with your PGP signature.
                        Added a FAQ.
                        CrCheck now adds a line saying to run CrCheck on
                        the CRCHECK.TXT file. Release.

4.12    01-Dec-96       Special release for the SimTel Archive. Documentation
                        was revised.

4.11    03-Aug-96       Archive attribute is now no longer saved in the
                        CRCHCECK.TXT file. This was done for Andreas Marx.
                        This special handling is useful when you'll
                        backup your files and resetting the archive attribute

                        If you use a version below 4.11 you should
                        recreate the CRCHECK.TXT file!


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I have uploaded:

SimTel/MSDOS/virus
crcheck4.zip       Generates & validates 32 bit checksums.

replaces crcheck.zip

CrCheck - generates and validates CRC checksums (32 bit). Antivirus program, very
fast. A German and English version is included. Wildcards, command-line options
and the saving of the checksums into validation files are supported. Standalone
utility CrcTest for batch file processing included.

Special requirements:   DOS 5.00+/80286+/1MB+

Changes:                Minor enhancements. New program CRCTEST added.
                        Documentation enhanced.

Shareware from ROSE Softwareentwicklung, Germany. Uploaded by the author.
(See ROSEBBS.TXT)

Ralph Roth

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