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From: lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto)
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Subject: Re: Re: MSKERMIT is OK, DOS on the other hand...
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 14:56:27 EDT
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> 
> Does this mean that all the versions of MSKERMIT 2.28 out here are going
> to run into problems in the near future as our users get DOS 3.x? Is a version
> 2.29 to be made available with the segments re-ordered?
> t.jpnes

	No. Working versions of KERMIT will work under DOS (anything). The
problems are:

1. MASM (IBM versions) will not produce a working KERMIT because it 
REorders the segments alphabetically (contrary to docs). You either have
to use a Microsoft version of MASM, rename STACK (segname) to CTACK (to
force proper segment ordering) or build a working version from a .BOO file.

2. The reason that the segments cause problems in the other order has to
do with an inconsistancy in DOS memory management that I do not yet under-
stand.

	The correct ordering of segments is the order stated in MSXDMB.ASM
for all versions of MS-DOS.

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Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept.

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