1186 Chat problem

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From: Alan Black
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1989 17:13

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The problem is,two 1186s both on the same ethernet chatting to the same
host (it happens whether it is an orion or a sun), using vtchat.  Under
Medley. 

One 1186 (sweet) has no problems, the other acts like its the termcap entry
is screwed, `\n` are sometimes just carriage returns (no newlines, also
the odd space being lost).  This happens every two or three lines.

The ip.init file of sweet (the working one) is
   (("192.9.200.138") (("192.9.200.0" . 10)) NIL 
   "{DSK}<DSK>HOSTS.TXT" SWEET! ("192.9.200.0"))

The ip.init file on the non-working one is
   (("192.9.200.142") (("192.9.200.0" . 10)) NIL 
   "{DSK}<DSK>HOSTS.TXT" STRANG! ("192.9.200.0"))
   
This is with both booted using the same sysout, and both with me 
logged in (i.e. same init files).  Also, it should be said we have a
number of machines which do the wrong thing so it seems it is not just
one bad machine but perhaps something in the setup.

Has any one else ever seen a similar problem? When looking at what is
actually going on the ethernet it seems that both 1186 are receiving the
correct stuff but one is junking it. 

many thanks

Alan

Alan W Black                          80 South Bridge, Edinburgh, UK
Centre for Speech Technology Research tel: (+44) -31 225 8883 x260
University of Edinburgh               email: awb@aipna.ed.ac.uk

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Subject: 1186 Chat problem
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