Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!gatech!udel!rminnich
From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: one last word on my simple device problem
Message-ID: <897@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 23 Dec 87 15:21:29 GMT
Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
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After a short mail discussion with Marco Papa (Thanks!) light bulbs
are beginning to go on. It is becoming clear that the problem is in 
internet.device. Since my RKMs are less then forthcoming about such 
things maybe someone out here will have another idea. 

  Problem is that, for example, if i do a DoIO, internet.device
eventually responds, when it is all done, with a ReplyMsg. Then
the DoIO returns. All subsequent DoIOs return immediately, i.e.
long before the ReplyMsg in the device. So, somehow a bit of state
(pun intended- though it may be more than one bit) gets set and 
is not getting properly cleared somewhere else. The DoIOs always
return 0, so it is not as though there is an error occuring. Also, 
internet.device registers the incoming io requests. But, the telnet 
program performing the DoIO does not block until the ReplyMsg- DoIO
returns immediately (i.e. incorrectly) on the second and succeeding 
operations.

  So, one last appeal, any ideas?
ron
P.S. I note on comp.sys.hypercard (or whatever it is called) the following
comment- ' I LOVE multifinder'. 
   Multitasking (or pseudo-) market penetration continues. Next they're gonna
say "how come they can't all do work when i'm not lookin' at 'em?"
And programs for MAC are going to advertise that they DO do work when you
are looking at something else. And, eventually, Atari and others will announce
multi-tasking. And this whole discussion will seem a little quaint.
-- 
ron (rminnich@udel.edu)