J_SCHULL%HVRFORD.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.ed (Jonathan Schull) (11/27/89)
A program of mine shows "Stack Overflow" errors when it is run on certain computers connected to a Novell file-server newtork. The program runs fine on those same machines (an 8088, and an original IBM PC retrofitted with a 286 motherboard) when they are not connected to the network, and runs fine on other (congenitally 286 and 386) machines connected to the network. The machines which work do have extended memory, but I don't think it is being used--there is the same amount of memory available from DOS on all machines. The , same ethernet hardware and software are used by the (problematic) 8088 and the (no problem) 286. The program location identified with the error message is spurious as far as I can see. I can't figure this one out. Any ideas? (The programs do not even USE the network)
leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (11/28/89)
J_SCHULL%HVRFORD.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.ed (Jonathan Schull) writes: >A program of mine shows "Stack Overflow" errors when it is run on >certain computers connected to a Novell file-server newtork. >The program runs fine on those same machines (an 8088, and an >original IBM PC retrofitted with a 286 motherboard) when they are >not connected to the network, and runs fine on other >(congenitally 286 and 386) machines connected to the network. I seem to recall having something like this happening with *one* program earlier this year. I seem to recall that it went away when I made some unrelated change to the program. One possibility is that the *huge* environment you wind up with when you are logged into the server could be causing problems. More likely it's a BIOS problem on the machines that only shows up under those circumstances. I have found that TPC program /Fxxxx:yyyy will find errors that the IDE says cannot be located. (error address not found) -- Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard CIS: [70465,203] "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Short