Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bywater!acheron!archet!wlm
From: wlm@archet.UUCP (William L. Moran Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: 4-port card problem with 12/88 AOS
Message-ID: <67@archet.UUCP>
Date: 28 May 89 06:48:20 GMT
References: <39727@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <39755@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <66@archet.UUCP> <3383@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Reply-To: wlm@archet.UUCP (William L. Moran Jr.)
Organization: A Desperate and Dedicated Crew
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In article <3383@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
>I hope that the remaining people at IBM who are responsible for AOS 4.3 support
>aren't unduly misled by this list, because although I'm sure what you
>describe may be a serious problem itself, it is NOT the problem that Jan
>and I are describing because different software with the same hardware
>behaves differently.  There is a clear software problem.  Something
>broke between Sep 88 and Dec 88.
>
... A description of a working system deleted
>
>Simply put, the Dec 88 kernel doesn't work on the 4 port serial lines AT ALL.
>I am running with a Dec 88 software base but with a Sep 88 kernel.  This
>set-up works fine.  I can't imagine why it should take IBM so long to fix
>this.  After all, something changed within a 3 month release cycle, and
>both sources are presumably available to them for inspection.

I agree that there is a software problem, but the software problem is
exacerbated by certain hardware (I described some of this). It is not
correct to say that the Dec. kernel doesn't work on a 4 port. I'm
posting this from an RT running the Dec. release; the serial ports are
on a 4 port. Of course I should point out that this is a buffered 4
port, it is possible that it doesn't work at all on the unbuffered. I
would be the last one to claim that it works well - I crash about once
a day getting news, but it does work.

Anyway, it's good to see people complaining about the 4 port in a
public place since this may force someone to fix the problems the RT
kernel has with serial support.

				Bill Moran
 


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