bae@ati.tis.llnl.gov (Hwa Jin Bae) (03/29/88)
More microport V/386 puzzles:
Excelan EXOS + DOSmerge + V/386 kernel:
When going from init state 2 (multi user mode) to 3 (networking
mode) virtual consoles gets disabled. No longer can I
switch between several unix screens on console. Creating
DOS session in the background does let you switch between
multiple dos screens and one unix console screen but it's
impossible to create a unix virtual screen. I tried everything
I can think of including changing the Excelan card memory
location address.
SYSV message queue facility is still not working. Yes, I
did turn on the ipc option when I built my new kernel - that's
not the problem - I wish it was as simple as that. Various
msgop() calls just return 0 with no indication of error.
Since 0 means success, my programs hang ... waiting for
messages. The system lies to you. It doesn't do anything
but return valid return code.
BTW, I have the sendmail working with EXOS socket library.
There are some really subtle points you need to know to get
the thing working. The suggestions that that EXOS sockets are
4.1c BSD compatible are belivable but not quite true. Take
a look at exact sematics of each functions it's not exactly
like anything you've seen - not 4.1c not 4.2 ( not 4.3).
UUCP:
9600 never really works OK for large file transfer (~15 meg).
Maximum safety speed seems to be 4800 with hayes modem.
Happy thoughts:
Ksh and microEMACS compiled without a single problem.
TCP/IP utilities that came with Excelan is of very high quality.
I also like the board. Except the socket library, I highly
recommend Excelan EXOS 205 and the accompanying TCP/IP software
for casual TCP/IP use - as opposed to development/porting.
Survey:
Does anyone have NFS running on V/386?
Does anyone have ISODE running on V/386?
Does anyone have X server implementation on V/386 using EGA/CGA/HGA?
Does anyone have EGA/CGA/HGA, or mouse device drivers for V/386?
Does anyone have PC-NFS running on any PC's?
If you can say yes to any one of the above questions, I'd like to talk to you.
Please call me at (415) 463-6865 or drop me a line.
Hwa Jin Bae | I only work for LLNL and CDC; they are not responsible
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Pleasanton, CA 94566 | {ames,ihnp4,lll-crg}!lll-tis!bae (UUCP)learn@igloo.UUCP (william vajk) (04/01/88)
In article <22089@tis.llnl.gov>, bae@ati.tis.llnl.gov (Hwa Jin Bae) writes: > More microport V/386 puzzles: > UUCP: > 9600 never really works OK for large file transfer (~15 meg). > Maximum safety speed seems to be 4800 with hayes modem. I don't know about ~15 meg transfers, but do know about > 5 megs at 9600 using a telebit. Contact karl@ddsw1 to get his autobaud getty which has performed miracles for us at igloo, on the '286 version no less. Bill Vajk learn@igloo