NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/29869

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Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!alfheim!frey
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Clement)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Why I love OS/2. (Kids, try this at home!)
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 01:45:15 GMT
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Carl writes in article <[e-mail]>:

> Hey, I can beat this!  Try this on for size. . .
>
> Yesterday, I was FTP'ing from a local site, and all of a sudden, my WPS
> crashed (BTW, this was about the 4th time its happened since April).  I
> saw the WPS close, and there was my FTP window.  It was still open, and
> FTP'ing!
> The WPS reopened, and a few seconds later, FTP told me it was done
> getting the 2 meg file!  Pretty cool.
> Try that under windows.  In fact, try that under X!

There's a program called "KILLEM" around (hobbes or wherever). Whenever WPS
grinds to a halt I just go to one of my command windows & type "Killem
PMSHELL" & watch the effect you noted.

Recently I was away for 9 nights. I left my system running, mainly so I wouldn't
miss anything from comp.binaries.os2. Being afraid that WPS would lock, I
left ALARMS running & set to do a KILLEM daily at 5am. On my return I was
surprised to see everything up and running.

Of course, this all works because PMSHELL is not presentation manager, just
one application, a shell that PM runs. Against that, I've never known PM itself
to crash.

--
Bruce Clement    ([e-mail]  SNEWS/2,  UUPC 1.11q)