From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!MacroMan" 27-MAR-1993 07:55:09.74
To:	MACRO32 <MACRO32@WKUVX1.BITNET>
CC:	
Subj:	Re: FTS crashes VMS v5.4-2

In reference to the previous posting about FTS crashing VMS, I did some
more digging in the code supplied.

Turns out that the MAKE.COM procedure _did_not_ compile the JASMON.MAR
file.  Why??? (More later)  Thus, the newly linked FTS version used the
JASMON.OBJ file that was sent along with the code.  I presume this object
was built on a V5.5 system.

This is partly my fault!  I didn't want to delete any of the objects since
I didn't have the VAXC compiler on the system I was using to test the code.
But... every machine does have MACRO (unless of course, for some stupid
reason it has been deleted... UR SOL)  So why ship those objects?  Anyway...
I should have looked closer at the MAKE.COM.

Dang thing was driving me crazy... I couldn't seem to figure out where the
%x0C00 value came from since the calculation of the SSV_Pages value from
SGN$C_SYSVECPGS * 512 should have been %x0A00 (for v5.4).   I still think
it's a good idea to PROBER the table before copying it.

NOW... maybe some more "interesting" crash dumps... :-)

BJS- /Brian Schenkenberger/Schenkenberg@Eisner.DECUS.Org/Space for Rent/
    /VMS Software Support/Vitronics, Inc./Eatontown, NJ/(908) 542-0600/
   /Independent Consult./Tmesis Consulting/Jackson, NJ/(908) 363-7551/
  /<VAXman or Schenkenberger>@Monmouth-ETDL1.Army.Mil/CIS: 70253,114/