TR> Re: Alleged Spirit II  Spirit II V42 "doublesending"

RS> Pity it aint anything remotely like a single instance

TR> I have been through the archives for the SPIRIT_SUPPORT
TR> echo since I started the echo and there is only ONE
TR> instance of it ever having been reported (by Dave Hatch).

Fraid not Trev.

TR> If you wish to provide other instances feel free.

TR> Put up or shut up.

Or tell you what you can do with your orders Trev.
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Conference: 21,Spirit_Suppo
Number: 935
Reply-to: 934
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Receipt: No
Date: 1994-01-09,21:58
From: Dave Hatch
To: Trev Roydhouse
Subject: Re: Spirit 2 in spotlight
Flags: 

 TR> Netcomm were apparently using the same Rockwell chipset as
 TR> Maestro, the only functional difference being that the Netcomm
 TR> didn't use the Rockwell code.

 > The problem with that theory is that the double block
 > sending has been seen between a pair of Spirits.

 TR> The problem with that statement is that there was a only single
 TR> instance of similar behaviour observed and the reason for it is
 TR> not known.

I've since seen it twice more - and that out of a sample of
literally hundreds of transfers.   About 3 in 10^3
probability, wet finger sez.   The Maestro version has a
probability of over 80% of going straight into the error.

I still can't come up with a solid explanation of why
pausing the transfer fixes the problem for that file on a
Maestro, if the fault rate is so high.

(Presumably it has something to do with v42 link negotiation?????)

Regards, Dave Hatch
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Got a large towel have you Trev ?

And your 'reason for it is not known' looks pretty sick when
the original is scrutenised, I've put it in the one to Dave.

Try to sweep it under the carpet as furiously as you like
Trev, the fact that its seen between a pair of Spirits is
the COMPELLING evidence that the problem must be in the Spirit.

And then there is the TINY matter of that changing the timing
detail in the Binkley behind the Spirit by a tiny amount fixes
the problem FOREVER over many hundreds of calls to the Spirit.

Closing your eyes to the evidence wont make it go away Trev.
@EOT:

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