Ok, this is something I should have been doing all along...but, here it is,
starting from version 1.7.3b.

1994 Feb 13:	Released 1.7.6a. Maintenance release only, to include Alpha
	support in the standard distribution.

Feb 5:	Re-wrote the compiling instructions in the READ.ME file, to hopefully
	make them more readable, and updated the server list.

Nov 21:	Modified ALPHA_MAKE.COM to work with OpenVMS AXP 1.5, and changes
	to HEADER.H to use the old Curses package, instead of the new one
	(which breaks the screen management).

Aug 12:	Added an #ifdef to do_server(), so that IP's cannot be used under
	Multinet. I dunno if IP's work for other packages or not, let me
	know if it hangs on you.

	1.7.6 released.

Aug 3:	Changed join messages to show "nick (user@host)" on joins.

Aug 2:	Finished re-arranging COMMAND.C.

	Added do_squit function to implement /SQUIT, as described for KILL
	below.

	Added kick comments (both use and display), and fixed current channel
	tracking when /kicked.

	Changed the format of /ACTION commands.

Aug 1:	Fixed the kill path shortener. In 2.8, kills are sent in slightly
	different format.

	Inserted :'s in CTCP requests. I do not know of this causing any
	problems, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

	Added do_kill function. This implements the /KILL command, and now
	requires a kill comment, and properly inserts :'s before the comment.

	Started re-arranging COMMAND.C so that functions are in alphabetical
	order, making them easier to find.


Jul 30:	Fixed 2.8 compatibility for /away and /topic. Inserted : before away
	message in /away. Made a function for /topic (do_topic), with changed
	syntax. "/topic" shows the current topic of the current chan.
	"/topic <topic>" changes the topic on the current chan. 
	"/topic #<chan> <topic>" changes the topic on the specified channel.

Jul 4:	Fixed WHOP and WHOX. Patterns should be specified as *<pattern>*, where
	pattern can, of course include wildcards.

Jun 4:	Inserted : in USER before ircname, so that 2.8 properly recognizes the
	ircname.

	1.7.5a released.

May 28:	Fixed /server bug (accidentally removed some required code when
	removing code for auto-reconnects).

May 28:	Fixed command parser to properly work with different cmdch's.

May 6:	By request, added wildcard-based ignore, but it didn't work. Finally
	finished debugging the damn thing.

	1.7.5 released (about time!!).

Apr 22:	Ported vmsirc to AXP/OpenVMS (that's the Alpha). Minimal code changes,
	but changes to the MAKE.COM were fairly extensive. Until I find a
	portable way to include it, or people start asking for it, I won't be
	including this modified MAKE.COM in the distribution.

Apr 8:	Changed putparse() to use unsigned characters, so the if condition for
	show_esc works properly. ie 8 bit characters are now displayed
	correctly with show_esc set.

	1.7.5pre3 released.

Mar 30:	Fixed problems with input buffer not being properly cleared, so that
	repeated pressing of <RETURN> could send parts of the previous command
	to the channel.

	Modified the do_dcl command to only create a subprocess if a parameter
	to the /DCL command is specified. This should allow the use of CTRL-D
	or /DCL to remove the dcl window after logging out of the subprocess.

Mar 9:	Changed the command parser to correctly call the SAY function rather
	than the MSG function.

Feb 27:	Changed the MSG command to point to do_privmsg, and SAY to point to
	do_msg. 

	Fixed ^D so it toggles the display of the DCL window even after the
	subprocess has been removed.

	1.7.5pre2 released.

Feb 26:	Completed adding alias, along with slight re-organization of the
	command parser.

	Pre-release of 1.7.5 distributed.

Feb 22:	Modified NOTIFY to send nicks in bursts of 50, rather than 20. Thanks
	to phone for pointing out that this was possible.

Feb 9-10:	Completed 2.8 support (I hope). Removed some obsolete,
	reduntant, useless and undocumented code.

	Script files are now executed as soon as the client connects to a
	server, without waiting for a key press.

	CTCP changes: CTCP's to servers or hosts ($<mask> and #<mask>) are now
	dropped.

	Possible minor efficiency improvements, due to code removed/moved from
	frequently called functions.

	Released 1.7.4.

Feb 7	Increased the size of the character array for CTCP's. This was causing
	clients to crash when sent very long (>283) CTCP's, usually actions.

	Changed the default state for showesc_flag to TRUE, so that control and
	escape characters are displayed rather than interpreted. This prevents
	the sending of screen clearing codes, backspaces etc.

	Added new numerics for 2.8.

1993 Jan 31:	Finally fixed the /part bug, once and for all. I had a
	case-sensative copmare in the leave_channel() routine, so that when
	doing "/j #chan", and the correct channel name had upper case letters,
	a "/p #chan" resulted in an unterminated while condition, until the
	strcmp found an address it couldn't read and crashed. Fixed by
	replacing with a case-insensative compare.

	Fixed a bug in the CTCP routines that crashed on an unrecognized CTCP
	request. Just added a "else return'" in the appropriate place. And yes,
	for anyone who wonders, I feel really dumb for allowing either of the
	above bugs to exist. :-)

	Released 1.7.3c.
