To: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: demacs, MS Kermit and Ethernet conflict 
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 13:22:49 -0500
From: weisman AT osf DOT org

Bob,

I have seen a potentially similar problem.

After running demacs, I am unable to run Procomm.  It is not able
to open the "dialing directory."

Rebooting fixes the problem.  Another (interesting) workaround is
to run Procomm from a DOS session under Windows 3.1.

Dave

>I've run in to a conflict between demacs (which uses a modified version of an
>old release of djgpp), MS Kermit 3.12 and my Ethernet software.  After running
>demacs, Kermit is unable to make an Ethernet connection.  Demacs does not
>immediately disable NCSA software, but once Kermit has failed to connect, NCSA
>programs won't work either.  The only fix I have found is to reboot.  Is
>anyone else using this combination of software, either successfully or
>unsuccessfully?  Any suggestions on how to fix it?  I suspect that the problem
>is due to demacs fiddling with the interrupt vector table, but bracketing
>demacs with MARK/RELEASE doesn't help.
>