Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!beta!hc!ames!oliveb!dragon From: dragon@oliveb.UUCP (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PK ARC, Another View Message-ID: <1925@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 20:01:07 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.1925 Posted: Thu Jul 9 20:01:07 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 07:17:44 EDT References: <23065@sun.uucp> Organization: Dragon Technology, Inc. San Francisco, USA Lines: 38 in article <23065@sun.uucp>, dbercel@sun.uucp (Danielle Bercel, MIS Systems Programming) says: > > In article <287@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com> crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (C. R. Seaman) writes: >> >>Interesting, that a ~30K COM file should determine that my 640K PC didn't >>have enough memory. I started poking around, and found that the problem >>was not really a lack of memory on my PC's part, but some confused >>interaction on the part of the software with my environment (I have it >>expanded to about 450 bytes). I discovered that, in order to run >>the PK ARC family, I must *completely* wipe out my environment! (I >>am using an AT&T PC6300, if that has any bearing). lots deleted for brevity... > From the various system I access, and the people I've spoken to, > nobody has been reporting the problems with PKARC and PKXARC that > you are having. Perhaps the environment problem is related to > your AT&T PC6300. > > danielle > I've used PKARC on a PC6300 here for ALONG time and experienced none of the problems mentioned with the latest version (3.5). Sounds like C. R. has a case of the outdated version blues... (possibly?) I've used with an expanded environment both on an AT&T and on clones with no problems. And I require extensive use of paths. Anyhow, most of us find PKARC suitable for our uses just fine, as often times it doesn't cause problems for us. -- Dean Brunette {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon Olivetti Advanced Technology Center _____ _____ __|__ _____ 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | | _____| | | Cupertino, CA 95014 |_____| |_____| |__ |_____