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to: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
from: PAUL QUINN
date: 2016-08-23 22:13:00
subject: New: PING/TRACE function.

Hi! Wilfred,

On 23 Aug 16 14:03, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> It has needed a fix for nearly 14 years.  I no longer do anything
 PQ>> in C; no compiler, no can do fixes.  If it can't do the job
 PQ>> properly then it need not be there.

 WV> Do you still have the source? Do you know which compiler was used? It
 WV> might be easy for me or anyone else with a C compiler to help you
 WV> there...

I can't tell as I ran PK-lite over it.  IIRC, it's standard C and only intended
as a DOS app.  The outstanding... longstanding required fix is in the @via line
loop, where the 'buffer' isn't cleared after each line is written.  You might
have noticed the flaw in the response to your PING(?).

It ought to be FREQ-able as "pingproj" (without the quote marks).  You may get
a giggle out of the hamfisted coding.

Cheers,
Paul.

... At the prompt, remove disk, spit on it, then retry.
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox
* Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)

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