amr@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Anthony M. Richardson) (02/27/90)
I just got a call from Lattice customer support. I was informed that Lattice 5.05 is now available and that it fixes a bug I reported about two months ago. (I don't know what else it fixes.) She said it was available on their bulletin board or that they could send it to me. Since I don't have a modem I asked her to send it and gave her my address. In my opinion, that's pretty good customer service. Tony Richardson amr@dukee.egr.duke.edu
cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) (02/27/90)
> Lattice 5.05 is now available and that it fixes a bug I reported about > two months ago. (I don't know what else it fixes.) She said it was > available on their bulletin board or that they could send it to me. Would some kind soul care to post the phone number for Lattice's bulletin board? -- | Clint Jeffery, U. of Arizona Dept. of Computer Science | cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu -or- {noao allegra}!arizona!cjeffery --
farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) (03/01/90)
amr@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Anthony M. Richardson) writes: >I just got a call from Lattice customer support. I was informed that >Lattice 5.05 is now available and that it fixes a bug I reported about >two months ago. (I don't know what else it fixes.) She said it was >available on their bulletin board or that they could send it to me. >Since I don't have a modem I asked her to send it and gave her my >address. A consumer warning: I got the same call, immediately downloaded the patch files, and found that they would not operate correctly. I notified Lattice of the problem, and they are looking into it. In the meantime, they are going to send me a complete 5.05 upgrade. >In my opinion, that's pretty good customer service. Mine too. A pleasure to work with these folks. BTW - to get access to the patch files on the Lattice BBS (whose number is (708)916-1200 - note the new area code!), you have to contact Lattice and give them your serial number - you will then be set up to be able to get 'em. The customer service number is (708)916-1100. -- Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.usa
aca@nyit.UUCP (Al Arthur) (03/03/90)
In article <16457@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes: >amr@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Anthony M. Richardson) writes: >>Lattice 5.05 is now available and that it fixes a bug I reported about >>two months ago. (I don't know what else it fixes.) She said it was >>available on their bulletin board or that they could send it to me. >A consumer warning: I got the same call, immediately downloaded the patch >files, and found that they would not operate correctly. I notified Lattice What kind of problem did you have with the Lattice 5.05 patches downloaded from the Lattice BBS? I just downloaded the patches last night and then proceeded to patch the compiler and its utilities. With some minor problems (file protection/collisions with exitent files) I had really no problem with it. It was late when I was finished, so I didn't get a chance to test anything more than exercising the `-v' option on each of the programs in order to validate the revision level. Am I going to be surprised when I try to compile something? Along a similar vein, I also have their C++, configured to be compatible with the regular C compiler. Do you forsee any problems there? Thanks, Al -- Alex Arthur, System Programmer/UUCP Administrator New York Institute of Technology - Computer Graphics Laboratory Gerry House, Old Westbury, New York 11568 Phone:(516) 686-7644 UUCP: ...!{sbcs.sunysb.edu,philabs}!nyit!aca
troyb@pro-graphics.cts.com (Troy Barlow) (03/03/90)
In-Reply-To: message from cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu
Lattice tech support BBS # is 1-708-916-1200 . Note that you will
need to be a validated caller to access the Lattice update area!
Troy
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_______________________________________________________________________________riley@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley) (03/05/90)
In article <16457@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes: >A consumer warning: I got the same call, immediately downloaded the patch >files, and found that they would not operate correctly. I notified Lattice >of the problem, and they are looking into it. In the meantime, they are >going to send me a complete 5.05 upgrade. 5.05 worked fine for me. But not for several other people I've heard from. So... After hearing this story n+1 times, I've come to the conclusion that Lattice screwed up the 5.04 upgrade and sent out two different versions (probably one a prerelease beta). I've heard so many tales of people having inexplicable upgrade problems that I never saw, that something like this must be true. If the 5.05 patch doesn't apply correctly, or lmk stopped working after the 5.04 patch, or stdlib.h and string.h have conflicting declarations after you applied the 5.04 patch, then you may have the wrong version of the 5.04 patch. Do the usual checks for operator error. If you can't find any, call Lattice and ask them to ship you the complete 5.05 update. They seem pretty nice about doing this, and if enough people call they may figure out what went wrong. -Dan Riley (riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu, cornell!batcomputer!riley) -Wilson Lab, Cornell University
jay@deepthot.UUCP (Jay Denebeim) (03/07/90)
In article <16457@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes: >A consumer warning: I got the same call, immediately downloaded the patch >files, and found that they would not operate correctly. I notified Lattice Aparently there were two versions of the 5.04 patch disk released. One had one more fix in it than the other one. The patch on the Lattice board only supports the second version. Car will have a patch on her board for both versions soon. -- |_o_o|\\ |. o.| || The Jay Denebeim | . | || Software | o | || Distillery | |// ====== BBS:(919)-382-8265 VOICE:(919)-382-8288