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From:Gerald Mellor
Date:6 Jun 2001 at 20:09:45
Subject:Re: Holger Kruse-Miami

Hi Alan, on 06-Jun-01, you wrote:

> why not just use os3.9 and use Genesis which is supplied with it,
> instead of worrying about older TCP/IP stacks?
>
> I only use Miami still because I paid for it (its a matter of
> principal)

Because Genesis can't do everything that Miami(DX) can? And some of
the things it can do, it doesn't do as well.

One thing that really bugs me about Genesis, since I stopped using
Miami, is that other programs don't seem to be notified if it goes
offline. For instance, if I get knocked offline while downloading mail
in YAM, YAM just hangs and I have to reboot to get it going again.
When I was using Miami, YAM would notice that bsdsocket.library (or
whatever it is) was offline, and would stop downloading.

Similarly with AmIRC, if Genesis goes offline and I don't notice, I
can still be chatting because AmIRC doesn't disconnect.

IMO this is a major problem for a TCP/IP stack to have (cue someone
telling me that all I need to do is enable something in Genesis to fix
this).

Regards
Gerry



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