On Wed, 23 May 2001 04:29:10 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I just tried to browse http://www.cdw.com with Arachne, running on a VDISK
> (which is DR-DOS's name for ramdisk) in DR-DOS 7.03, and it downloaded until it
> passed 8000000 bytes, when it paused to buzz my Iomega Zip 250 (which is drive
> C as currently configured with regular hard disks inaccessible), then downloaded
> some more, in several steps, alternating with buzzing the Zip 250. When it
> passed 8400000 bytes, it stopped with memory allocation error. I hit a key to
> continue, got fatal.ah (3 skulls & crossbones), exited to DOS but not for long
> before the computer hung with DOS Lynx386. I had to hit Reset. Maybe someone
> else might want to see if Arachne can handle http://www.cdw.com ? Is it just my
> ill luck, or a bug in Arachne and/or http://www.cdw.com ?
So, the question is:
Did Tom enjoy his latest encounter with the "run-away download bug"?? ;-)
BTW,
Still looking for the cause.
(yes, I'll step-up my efforts)
--
Glenn
http://arachne.cz/
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
