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calder@mag-net.co.uk (Alan Calder) wrote:

> This is the usual nonsense re Termite.  I use it daily and *always* do
> something else during news downloads.  Sometimes I use the Browser,
> checking up on Cybervillage, sometimes I use Publisher getting on with
> my work.  Outrageously, I occasionally use the PCcard at the same time. 
> None of this disturbs Termite in the slightest.

Well, I reckon you're quite lucky. Running v1.40 on a SA RiscPC (clean
Boot, ROMPatches 2.02, relevant upgrades from Doggysoft's site) is a
bit of a lottery for me.

Occasionally, upon loading Termite, it causes a Branch Through Zero.
Load it again, and it runs. Other times it'll stiff the machine
completely requiring the reset button on the back of the machine to
reboot.

If the browser stiffs, it's usually fatal. Try :
   
   http://www.teletext.co.uk/
   
Offlite is very basic, and can crash on startup. TermiteIP also
insists on having a 'Postmaster' account even if you don't have your
own domain name. Therefore, in Offlite, 'Postmaster' is always the
default user for replying to mail as mail gets categorised under
postmaster even when a proper POP3 mailbox is setup for the main user.
(I have managed to patch Offlite to get around this however).

Web cacheing is usually okay, but sometimes will refuse to cache a
page. Termite often loses track of cache files (I think some crashes
of the browser can corrupt the index file) and therefore has cache
files on the drives it has no reference to.

FTP links on WWW sites also cause problems if you have no proxy.

> Mind you, Termite can be upset.  Seems that using Artworks in a big way
> can cause the occasional glitch but nothing that Alt-break can't solve.

I have Artworks, but I don't run it whilst online.

> Most termite moaners, in my humble opinion, are either using it
> alongside some pretty dodgy other software or haven't bothered to
> upgrade to the latest versions.  Certainly my copy of the ANT suite
> (which is up to date and quite highly rated by me in some areas) is not
> so reliable on my machine.

I have the latest upgrades - I suspect they'll be the last. I do even
clean-boot the machine sometimes before running Termite. Not that I'm
saying that the reputation of the ANT suite is any better - even for
49ukp, I won't upgrade to it until the serious bug reports cease or
reduce substantially.


Matt