Bart,
IIRC, memory problems were reported when 1.49 came out (at least, I reported
it). There was no problem loading 1.60b1 on the P75 with 40 MB RAM and it
works like a charm. Incidently, I am running Arachne on the P75 without a
RAM disk, but *with* Smartdrv caching.
I have been using Arachne since 1.40 and other than not upgrading a couple of
1.4x releases occasionally, it has been running fine on both computers.
Because of the (apparent) memory problems on the 586/133, I have not upgraded
on that computer since 1.48, although I did try 1.49 which had the problems.
Did not try 1.50 because (a) there were some problems with the version
initially released, (b) I knew that I had memory problems with 1.49, so I
figured that I would also have memory problems with 1.50, and, (c) 1.48
worked satisfactorily as far as I was concerned.
OS on the 586/133 is MS-DOS 5.0; on the P75 it is MS-DOS 6.22.
I agree with you, that if the computer connects, the modem and port settings
must be good. See my immediate previous post to Steve Evans regarding
Compuserve requiring 7E1 and not working with 8N1.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Bart (Van Voordturen) wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:01:52 -0500
>From: Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Arachne load error
>
>Steve,
>
>I have Arachne loaded on two computers, one is a 586/133 MHz with 8 MB ram
>(originally a 486/33 MHz) and the second is a P75 with 40 MB ram. The best
>that I can do on the 586/133 is Arachne 1.48. 1.49 (with dynamic images)
>won't load or crashes, I don't remember which. On the P75, I have 1.60b1
>loaded and it works great!
>
>Suggestions: Turn the animated X-I logo off. (In ARACHNE.CFG look for
>"Logo" and change it to read, "Logo 0".)
>
>In ARACHNE.CFG, do you have the home page set to "home.arachne.cz"? At some
>point Michael P. changed his URL to this, but I can't remember when.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Roger Turk
>Tucson, Arizona USA
>
>Steve Evans wrote:
>
>>>I've been trying for months, off and on, to get past "Arachne load error".
>I seem to have gotten further than many new Arachne users. For now, it is
>version 1.50 (had the same trouble with version 1.49). Let me know if you
>think 1.60 has any real chance of faring better.
>
>I've tried it on two machines --one a 386 with 2 megs of RAM and the other a
>486 with 8 megs RAM -- same symptoms on both. Using MS-DOS 6.22, no EMS,
>DOS loaded high. Before starting Arachne MEM shows 697k of conventional
>memory free and 6.9 MB XMS free. I have tried to configure it as simply as
>possible. Modem is a US Robotics internal set to port 1, irq 4. I tried
>setting slower speeds. I have tried substituting the actual port address in
>the Arachne.cfg, but it makes no difference --connection is usually
>successful anyway. I am using everything as the Arachne installation set up
>automatically.
>
Roger,
How come no-one before mentioned trouble loading on p75 or 586/133 before?
What OS are you using?
Steve,
Have you tried checking "use bootp" in the external dialer setup yet?
(I got a load error due to insufficient memory with 1.60, bootp was the
solution)
(if the package driver loads, modem and port settings must be good)
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