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   Paul Quinn to Wilfred van Velzen   
   New: PING/TRACE function. Tests requeste   
   23 Aug 16 22:23:42   
   
   Hi! Wilfred,   
      
   On 23 Aug 16 14:03, you wrote to me:   
      
    PQ>> It has needed a fix for nearly 14 years.  I no longer do anything   
    PQ>> in C; no compiler, no can do fixes.  If it can't do the job   
    PQ>> properly then it need not be there.   
      
    WV> Do you still have the source? Do you know which compiler was used? It   
    WV> might be easy for me or anyone else with a C compiler to help you   
    WV> there...   
      
   I can't tell as I ran PK-lite over it.  IIRC, it's standard C and only   
   intended as a DOS app.  The outstanding... longstanding required fix is in the   
   @via line loop, where the 'buffer' isn't cleared after each line is written.    
   You might have noticed the flaw in the response to your PING(?).   
      
   It ought to be FREQ-able as "pingproj" (without the quote marks).  You may get   
   a giggle out of the hamfisted coding.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... At the prompt, remove disk, spit on it, then retry.   
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)   

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