FW: CA/400 Service Pack SF50480 Strikes Again !

[Neil Palmer <NeilP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI - This isn't ACTUALLY a bug with service pack SF50480 itself, BUT with the 
'fix' for the keyboard buffer problem that SF50480 introduced.
SF50480 by itself screws up the keyboard buffering in SF50480.
The fix for this, a replacement pcslt52.dll file available at 
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/win32/v3r1m3/files/sa76933/
DOES fix the keyboard buffer problem, but ALSO screws up the ability for PC5250 
to passthru to a S/36 (or virtual SSP machine).  After the virtual device is 
selected the screen goes blank, the keyboard locks, and the S/36 console 
reports:
SYS-7303 Program error communicating todisplay station xx.


Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Neil Palmer [SMTP:NeilP@DPSlink.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, November 04, 1998 4:49 PM
To:     'Midrange-L'
Subject:        CA/400 Service Pack SF50480 Strikes Again !

I believe this is a case of "3 strikes, you're out!" and I will suggest no one 
install Service Pack SF50480 (CA/400 Win95/NT V3R1M3).

If anyone has installed this, and they have a S/36 they try to pass-through to 
on occasion, give it a try !
Bet you'll find the screen goes blank and locks up !
(This isn't just when you run STRPASTHR to a real S/36 - same thing happens if 
you're running an SSP guest o/s and try TFRM36 to signon to it !).

This really DOES raise the question - do they even test this stuff ?  If they 
do then their range of tests are certainly inadequate.



Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
                                             AS/400~~~~~
Thornhill, Ontario,  Canada    ___________          ___  ~     
Phone: (905) 731-9000  x238   |OOOOOOOOOO| ________  o|__||=   
Cell.: (416) 565-1682  x238   |__________|_|______|_|______)   
Fax:   (905) 731-9202          oo      oo   oo  oo   OOOo=o\   
mailto:NeilP@DPSlink.com    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
http://www.DPSlink.com        AS/400  The Ultimate Business Server      


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