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From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu ([bob, mon])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PROCOMM PLUS bugs
Message-ID: <6606@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 88 03:08:42 GMT
References: <9826@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <4686@ecsvax.UUCP> <3629@cup.portal.com> <4715@ecsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.UUCP ([bob, mon])
Organization: Schizophrenics `R` Us
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Summary: "Another one"? and a response

I've tried the TestDrive package from simtel20 for a while, and I really am
bothered by some things.  Especially, the backquote key (or any other
PRINTABLE key) is used to turn the menu line on/off.  Is this a deliberate
crippling of the TD release, or do you really lose one of the printable
characters??  And the "Asterisk" that's on the PrtSc key?  I like having
that character in an unshifted position, but PC+TD seems to map it into
some weird escape sequence.

It also has some trouble with my TSRs, probably a combo of Fansi and something
else.  When enough of them are installed, any use of the Alt-F4 subshell or
the Setup screen (which also goes out to DOS, I think) crashes on the return.
I get		error 2000: stack overflow		and I'm back at my
DOS prompt.

Maybe I'll stick with v2.4.2 until PC+ has matured a bit.

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In article <4715@ecsvax.UUCP> mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow) writes:
>
>Heck, with either Procomm 2.4.2 or Procomm Plus, when I download 
>binary files from our usenet vax node to my pc, the packets are often
>45-60 bytes only!  They are 90 bytes on upload.  I like the versa-

Are you sure this isn't being caused by values > 127 being sent as two bytes?
Does mskermit do better on binary files?