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From: loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Re: inactivity_timer on original Annex box
Message-ID: <8033@xenna.Xylogics.COM>
Date: 20 Dec 89 05:07:02 GMT
References: <1068@amc-gw.amc.com>
Reply-To: loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso)
Organization: Xylogics, Inc., Burlington MA
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In article <1068@amc-gw.amc.com> john@amc-gw.amc.com (John Sambrook) writes:
> The problem I am having is that the inactivity_timer doesn't seem to work.
> The Annex software I am running is something labelled '4.0 Beta'.

This is a very old release.  Even worse, it isn't even a real release, but
rather just a (supposedly limitted) beta distribution.  B4.0 was almost 20
months ago!  I seem to recall an inactivity_timer problem introduced and then
fixed during beta, but I don't know for sure.

Anyway, you do not want to run that software at all.  You need to get the
latest release, which is R4.1.  You can try to get this from Encore, or,
you can get it from Xylogics.

> I hope this is a reasonable place to ask this question.  If there is a better
> place to ask it please let me know.  Also, I tried calling the local Encore
> office, but they aren't answering their telephone.

This is the best place for the moment.  Just yesterday I was told of
the formation of a new Internet mailing list, info-annex.  An inet
ditribution newsgroup is in the works, and I'm told there'll be
announcement when that is all setup.

[As an aside, Xylogics been distributing R4.1 to our customers since June.
For those that aren't Xylogics customers, Xylogics is offering (or about to
offer) a software support contract that includes new Annex software releases
covering all Annex platforms.  The cost is to be very low (something like
$200/year - I'M NOT SURE ON THIS) and is on a per-site basis; i.e., one
"contact" per site.  Currently, we're doing about two releases a year.
R5.0 is due to go into beta this week and be distributed early spring.]

John
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John Robert LoVerso			Xylogics, Inc.  617/272-8140
loverso@Xylogics.COM			Annex Terminal Server Development Group