deven@rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) (04/14/90)
[This has nothing to do with hardware.] On 3 Apr 90 05:23:07 GMT, theorist@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Charles Callaway) said: Charles> Also, some friends of mine are trying to decipher DNet for Charles> the Suns here at UT which runs BSD 4.0.3 and for amiga-amiga Charles> stuff for our upcoming expo. Could someone who has completed Charles> either project post a DETAILED description? They said Charles> something to the effect that DNet would not compile on that Charles> type of operating system. SunOS 4.0.3 (4.2BSD-based) Unix compiles and runs DNet just fine. The biggest problem you have to worry about is the data path. If you don't have a VERY clean data path, DNet won't run. Not that this may not apply to DNet V2.10+ in 7-bit mode. However, when I tested DNet V2.10, I found the 7-bit mode to be EXTREMELY unreliable, and the protocol (incompatibly modified) crashed frequently. That is, it would recieve a packet without any serial errors in transmission, mis-checksum it and deem it a bad packet. And keep resending forever. DNet V2.13 I have (and heard of V2.11, don't know about a V2.12) but I haven't tested it yet, so I don't know if the 7-bit mode is fixed and working. Currently, I am using V2.02L, which works reliably ONCE you get it running to begin with. (that can be a bitch, as many can attest to.) Regardless, DNet is useful, and worth the effort. Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2151 12th St. Apt. 4, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 274-0327 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.