Re: 16-Bit Overflow in Dillon UUCP

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From: Dr. Peter Kittel
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 21:55

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In article <mbs.4apf@adastra.cvl.va.us> mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith) writes:
>In article <peterk.0m38@combo.ganesha.com> peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel) writes:
>>
>> Is there any way to teach this UUCICO 32-bit arithmetics without
>> recompiling everything?
>
>I fixed this problem when I took over AmigaUUCP from Matt in 1992
>(91? - I forget). 1.17b4 is available for FTP on stargate.warped.com
>and on wade1.ab.umd.edu. It's a "drop-in" replacement, but I
>recommend you read the changes files.

Thanks for the hint.

>It really has nothing to do with 16-bit arithmetic by the way.

Indeed I found out myself after some nice people sent help info via
mail (rnews explicitly does a 15-bit masking, weird). Many thanks again.

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Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel       //    Visit  http://www.amiga.de
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Subject: Re: 16-Bit Overflow in Dillon UUCP
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