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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
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Subject: Re: Problem with OS/2 Warp 4.0 and C-kermit
Date: 14 Feb 1997 02:09:49 GMT
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In article <5e0av1$7r3$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: In article <5du5ck$vlu@news.umbc.edu>,
: Timothy A. Meushaw <tmeush1@umbc.edu> wrote:
: When I said earlier today that OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191) was not supported
: any more now that Kermit 95 for OS/2 has been released, that was not
: supposed to make time bombs go off in the old version :-)
:
: Seriously, it's hard to imagine what the specific trouble might be, but
: obviously it's tied to Warp 4.0. It's worth noting that:
:
: 1. OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191) predates Warp 4.0, and was not written for it,
: nor tested under it during development, obviously, whereas Kermit 95
: for OS/2 *was* developed and tested under Warp 4.0 (and 3.0, as well
: as earlier OS/2 versions).
:
: 2. Although OS/2 C-Kermit was pretty solid, it was not without bugs, all
: known examples of which have been fixed in the new release.
:
: If IBM introduced features into Warp 4.0 that broke C-Kermit 5A(191), it
: certainly is not for lack of opportunity for them test it first -- that
: version of Kermit was distributed by IBM itself on the OS/2 Developer CD.
It should also be noted that Warp 4.0 was released in a rather
unstable state. The first Service Pack for Warp 4.0 is about to be
released and may stablize your system.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025 * (212) 854-1344
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html * kermit-support@columbia.edu