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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Divide overflow error
Date: 13 May 1997 14:31:10 GMT
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In article <13MAY97.01335073@enh.nist.gov>, <reflib@enh.nist.gov> wrote:
: >...You are running a rather old version of MS-DOS Kermit...
:
: Sigh. I have been using Kermit 3.12 happily for years, but now have
: to cope with the top of the line Pentium and am getting the Divide overflow
: error.
:
It's a fact of life. Time-critical (realtime) software written years ago for
a 286 or 386 class machine cannot be expected to work forever as the hardware
keeps changing out from underneath it; the developers don't have crystal balls.
Adjustments are necessary.
: What update do I have to use, and where do I get it?
:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html
- Frank