[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] NCSA FTP on an XT

sanders@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry P Sanderson) (05/13/91)

In article <1991May13.151957.725@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Brandon Hutchison,Canterbury University) writes:
>We are trying to run NCSA FTP and Telnet on a mixture of AT and 
>XT clones.
>
>The ATs work ok but the XTs give PARITY ERROR xxxxx when FTPBin is
>used.
>
>Does NCSA FTP run on an XT, or is there some setting we have to make?

Brandon,

Sounds like you really do have a parity error.  We have many XT's on campus
that are running NCSA Telnet and FTP.  What kind of XT's are they?? 
Do they all give the same error message at the same address??

Terry Sanderson
Supervisor, Microcomputer Specialists
University of Toronto Computing Services
sanders@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca

civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Brandon Hutchison,Canterbury University) (05/13/91)

We are trying to run NCSA FTP and Telnet on a mixture of AT and 
XT clones.

The ATs work ok but the XTs give PARITY ERROR xxxxx when FTPBin is
used.

Does NCSA FTP run on an XT, or is there some setting we have to make?

cwilson@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Chris Wilson) (05/14/91)

In article <1991May13.151957.725@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Brandon Hutchison,Canterbury University) writes:
>We are trying to run NCSA FTP and Telnet on a mixture of AT and 
>XT clones.
>
>The ATs work ok but the XTs give PARITY ERROR xxxxx when FTPBin is
>used.
>
>Does NCSA FTP run on an XT, or is there some setting we have to make?

There is _no_ reason that NCSA FTPBIN should not run on an XT. (Speaking as
an NCSA Telnet developer, I guess I should know. :^)  I would be inclined to
agree with Terry- you probably really DO have a memory parity error, or your
XT doesn't like your Ethernet card, which is also quite possible.

-Chris Wilson
 Programmer, NCSA PC Telnet
 cwilson@ncsa.uiuc.edu

erick@sunee.waterloo.edu (Erick Engelke) (05/14/91)

In article <1991May14.022317.11119@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cwilson@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Chris Wilson) writes:
>In article <1991May13.151957.725@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Brandon Hutchison,Canterbury University) writes:
>>We are trying to run NCSA FTP and Telnet on a mixture of AT and 
>>XT clones.
>>
>>The ATs work ok but the XTs give PARITY ERROR xxxxx when FTPBin is
>>used.
>>
>>Does NCSA FTP run on an XT, or is there some setting we have to make?
>

If NCSA TELNET works but FTPBIN doesn't,  check for a possible DMA conflict
or Port conflict between the disk controller and the network card.  

Erick
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ckeele@oregon.uoregon.edu (05/14/91)

I have used telnet (with ne-1000 cards) on xt computers quite a bit, and
ftp occasionally.  I never had any problems.
You probably have a parity error.  You might also check the memory
configuration.  If it is set wrong, you might be accessing memory
that doesn't exist.

I would reccomend using QA-PLUS, a commercial diagnostics program.
You can use it to check for IRQ/DMA conflicts, and it does a very
good memory check.  
If you have to do multiple passes, it can be a bit slow (overnight), but
it will find problems.

Clifford Keele; Honors College University of Oregon
clkeele@hephaestus.honors.uoregon.edu
ckeele@donald.uoregon.edu

Disclaimer:  I have no affiliation to above mentioned product, but have
used it, and found it useful.