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From: agnew@gems.vcu.edu (Brainwave Surfer)
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Subject: Re: 2 questions, pc slowing down, and dialer/multisessions
Date: 8 Oct 97 10:21:41 -0400
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In article <61ds4v$aua$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> In article <1997Oct7.105948.1@gems.vcu.edu>,
> Brainwave Surfer <agnew@gems.vcu.edu> wrote:
> : Dear Netpeople, I've got a real good one...
> :
> : i'm using Kermit v1.1.11,
> :
> : i use one copy of the dialer, and typically open 'bout 4 telnet sessions at a
> : time to the vaxen... most of which are running v5.5-2, one v6.?
> : the one i'm using the most is running UCX, or Ultra Crude coneXtion ;-)
> :
> : the other is Multinet, and the peecee is running win95 B.
> :
> : ok, the thing is that periodically the pc slows waayy down, and i get a ROAR
> : from the fan. both the power supply and the disk has been replaced by Dell.
> :
> Hmmm... Kermit 95 is written in Microsoft C, not assembler, so if there are
> any OPSAF (Overheat Power Supply and Accelerate Fan) instructions in the
> executable, that would be a bug in the Microsoft code generator, not the K95
> source code, since you can't do that from ANSI C.
>
Frank, remember the HCF instruction from ibm 370 assembler? Halt, Catch Fire..
> : Anyone else seen this?
> :
> This is a great example of what it's like to support software applications
> for Windows. NOBODY knows what's going on underneath that pretty face.
> Something bad happens to just about everybody, but it's hardly ever the same
> thing.
>
> I would be really surprised if this was caused by anything specific to Kermit
> 95, except that nothing surprises me any more. One possibility is simply that
> your PC is tight on memory and so is swapping itself to death. What happens
> if you shut down some apps and/or add more memory?
>
Same thing, i have 32 megs ram..
> : my second question is: should I use one copy of the dialer for each telnet
> : session, or isit ok to keep spinning out connects from the same dialer?
> :
> You should (a) patch up to K95 version 1.1.15:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95patch.html
>
> and then (b) happily start up as many sessions as you like from the same copy
> of the Dialer -- that's what it's for! -- within the limitations of your PC.
>
> Upgrading to the current release is always recommended, because that's the one
> we support. But it's especially recommended in this case because earlier
> releases of the Dialer did not allow multiple connections to the same entry,
> whereas recent ones do.
>
> - Frank
that is probably what the problem is... i'll upgrade and see if the cpu
melts this time.. ;-)
Thanks for your help, Frank.
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