Re: assertion failed upon system connect - updated

On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 03:12:57PM -0600, stevefx@us.ibm.com wrote:
> Oops, my bad. I guess both the system that I'm having problems with are
> future release systems. I can connect to them using a Linux port of the IBM
> Netstation emulators, but not with tn5250. I wouldn't think that any 5250
> stuff would change between V4R4 and the next release so I guess I'm still
> stumped.

Well, if tn5250 horks at that line, some command is accepting either more
or less data than it used to.  That hork happens when we aren't on a command
boundry (an EBCDIC 0x04 (ESC) character) after processing a command.  It
could conceivably happen if the command-chain wasn't proceeded by an ESC
as well, but that doesn't make much sense.

I can't really believe IBM would release it in that state, as pretty much
every third-party emulator would hork.  But... now we know that we're in
for some 5250 extensions (some are needed IMHO) next release ;)

P.S.  Why don't I just change the assertion failed message to 'Emulator
horked at line...'  ;-)

> 
> Steve Fox
> http://w3.rchland.ibm.com/~sjfox (IBM Intranet)
> http://pcxtreme.org (Personal)
> http://k-lug.com (Rochester Linux User Group)
> 

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