From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!shannon
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Re: Experiences with Codata
Article-I.D.: sun.265
Posted: Mon May  2 11:18:31 1983
Received: Tue May  3 03:12:02 1983
References: rlgvax.354

There IS a non-portability in the uucp checksum routine, I reported
it (and the fix) in net.bugs.uucp right after the Unicom conference.
The problem is related to casts.  It's possible to build compilers
for all the machines Guy Harris listed that would do the cast the
same way as the VAX and the PDP-11, it's also possible to do it
differently and still be C.  All the 68000 pcc-based compilers I've
seen do this one particular thing differently than the VAX pcc.
Also, I believe UniSoft fixed their uucp many months ago, Codata
probably doesn't have the fix yet.

As for the "intelligent" I/O board that won't let ^S through, if it's
the board I think it is, the word that comes to mind is "terminally
braindamaged".

					Bill Shannon
					Sun Microsystems Inc.
					{decvax,decwrl,ucbarpa}!sun!shannon