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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Subject: Re: DOS Kermit dies ...
Message-ID: <eI0gH3R2asj3@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 01 13:59:27 MDT
Organization: Utah State University
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <gWtomC2dEjRt-pn2-w3u4eOmsEORl@era0>, era@eracc.bizland.com (ERA) writes:
> Hello Mr. Doupnik,
>
> I upgraded two POS computers for a client from Pentium 100's running
> MS-DOS 6.2 to Celeron 466MHz running IBM PC-DOS 2000. They are using
> MS Kermit patched to 3.16, IIRC. Now the overnight file retrieval
> dies. The DOS machines crash with an error when the remote system
> tries to login and access the DOS host to get the nightly data. I
> can't tell yet if it dies at login or at the attempt to retrieve. The
> error occurs before their system is turned off for the night by a
> timer switch. It was working before the hardware / DOS upgrade.
>
> I haven't yet been able to capture the error due to time constraints
> with the client for testing. I have heard, since upgrading them,
> there are "issues" with 400MHz and faster machines trying to run DOS
> communication apps. Is this true? If so how do we prevent the
> problem? If you can, please write me direct using:
>
> support@eracc.bizland.com
---------
The dialogue has been carried on point to point, but here is a
snippet which covers essential bases. The very old speed problem
resulted in a divide by zero fault when opening a connection. It has
been fixed for a long time.
--------
MSK 3.16 does not have problems with fast CPUs. I am writing
this message using that Kermit and the machine has a 900MHz AMD Athlon
cpu, a heck of a lot faster than a 466MHz Celeron. Some obvious things
to check are the quality of the memory chips and the Bios setup for
peripherals. I have not heard of IBM's DOS 2000, so if that has unusual
things compared to regular DOS then I will be unaware of them.
In all, I think the machines themselves have difficulties and
Kermit is simply revealing them.
Joe D.