Bad Coding...
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I've got a customer with: An embedded DOS system All communication is managed via an ASCII "protocol" There is no error checking (why bother?!?) They don't use monitors to output debug messages They don't want to use a symbolic debugger I've event shown them how to do it! Their system hangs all the time because I send message to it "too fast" The last version "fixed" a problem that still seems to occur One of the developers "found" a MSVC/Windows 2000 bug His app ran when compiled on WinNT 4.0 His app failed when compiled on Win 2000 Guess what happened when I offered to run it under Bounds Checker?? SOLVED -- A memory error -- Imagine that!! Sadly these guys are really nice, but I feel like they're working with stones, bones, and animal skins!!
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I've got a customer with: An embedded DOS system All communication is managed via an ASCII "protocol" There is no error checking (why bother?!?) They don't use monitors to output debug messages They don't want to use a symbolic debugger I've event shown them how to do it! Their system hangs all the time because I send message to it "too fast" The last version "fixed" a problem that still seems to occur One of the developers "found" a MSVC/Windows 2000 bug His app ran when compiled on WinNT 4.0 His app failed when compiled on Win 2000 Guess what happened when I offered to run it under Bounds Checker?? SOLVED -- A memory error -- Imagine that!! Sadly these guys are really nice, but I feel like they're working with stones, bones, and animal skins!!
We have a customer who uses DOS 6.22 and Novel Netware[an old version of that too]. They have P-IIIs with 128 MB ram all using the first 1 MB and ignoring the remaining 127 :-) They use COBOL for their programming needs. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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We have a customer who uses DOS 6.22 and Novel Netware[an old version of that too]. They have P-IIIs with 128 MB ram all using the first 1 MB and ignoring the remaining 127 :-) They use COBOL for their programming needs. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
Am coding for such a customer except he has the trailblazer Pentium - MMX 166Mhz with the whopping 32MB EDO Ram using DOS 6.22. ;P Trying to convince him to upgrade to a Celeron and switch to Win98SE. Atul Sonork ID : 100.13714 netdiva
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Am coding for such a customer except he has the trailblazer Pentium - MMX 166Mhz with the whopping 32MB EDO Ram using DOS 6.22. ;P Trying to convince him to upgrade to a Celeron and switch to Win98SE. Atul Sonork ID : 100.13714 netdiva
Atul Dharne wrote: using DOS 6.22. Atul Dharne wrote: Trying to convince him to upgrade to a Celeron and switch to Win98SE. Aarrggghhh, either go for W2K or stay with DOS 6.22 I say :-D Ok, so I have an inordinate amount of love (inordinate in a negative sense) for W98 and will diss it at every opportunity. I normally punt MS OSs left, right, center and back again, but W98 truly sucks. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Sonork ID: 100.9903 Stormfront