clipper & nt illegal instruction
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John A. Cheesmon
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 clipper & nt illegal instruction I am running several apps. compiled utilizing clipper V5.3b, and linked with Blinker V5 , the applications runs successfully on Win95/98 workstations, however when I attempt to run them on NT workstation v4.5 the following error occurs, regardless of which of the several clipper applications i attempt to run: NTVDM.CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. Has anyone encountered this before? This is the first attempt at running the
applications in the NT environmnet, so we do not have a referance point to
start from, other than knowing that the applications run in 95/98 without
problem, and that the environment settings have been set in the config.nt
and autoexec.nt files.
Any help or leads would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John A. Cheesmond
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| Fri, 12 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Dale H Carte
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clipper & nt illegal instruction John, Are you running the app on a NTFS partition? If so, I'd be really
interested to know if running it on a FAT partition on the NT workstation
resolved the problem. I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on
NTFS.
HTH,
Dale.
Quote: > I am running several apps. compiled utilizing clipper V5.3b, and linked with > Blinker V5 , the applications runs successfully on Win95/98 workstations, > however when I attempt to run them on NT workstation v4.5 the following > error occurs, regardless of which of the several clipper applications i > attempt to run: NTVDM.CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. > Has anyone encountered this before? This is the first attempt at running
the
> applications in the NT environmnet, so we do not have a referance point
to
> start from, other than knowing that the applications run in 95/98 without
> problem, and that the environment settings have been set in the config.nt
> and autoexec.nt files.
> Any help or leads would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> John A. Cheesmond
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| Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Phil McGuinnes
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clipper & nt illegal instruction snip[ I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on NTAS. ] I have heard that as well, but when I heard it was 12 months after I was
running Clipper software under this format on NT with out any problems.
Has anybody any proof or is it one of those urban myths....?
Phil McGuinness
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Quote: > John, > Are you running the app on a NTFS partition? If so, I'd be really
> interested to know if running it on a FAT partition on the NT workstation
> resolved the problem. I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on
> NTFS.
> HTH,
> Dale.
> > I am running several apps. compiled utilizing clipper V5.3b, and linked
> with
> > Blinker V5 , the applications runs successfully on Win95/98
workstations,
> > however when I attempt to run them on NT workstation v4.5 the following
> > error occurs, regardless of which of the several clipper applications i
> > attempt to run: NTVDM.CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
> > Has anyone encountered this before? This is the first attempt at running
> the
> > applications in the NT environmnet, so we do not have a referance point
> to
> > start from, other than knowing that the applications run in 95/98
without
> > problem, and that the environment settings have been set in the
config.nt
> > and autoexec.nt files.
> > Any help or leads would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > John A. Cheesmond
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| Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Steve Lupto
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clipper & nt illegal instruction Me too, Phil. I've been using NT on my Clipper development system for about 2 years
without problem. I have one FAT and two NTFS partitions and there is no
difference for Clipper that I have ever seen
I have had occasional problems with my DOS editor not releasing it's
backup/system files quickly enough and I can't use Norton Commander without
getting "This application has attempted to directly access the hard disk
which cannot be supported. This may cause the application to function
incorrectly." Abort/Ignore. I always ignore and it still works. But I've
never had a problem with a Clipper application.
Are you, per chance, trying to read the hard drive serial number? are you
using any other ASM utilities that may have been designed for DOS only? NT
is a bit more tempermental about applications trying to access hardware than
DOS or Win95/98, but this behavior is not impacted by NTFS vs FAT.
Quote: > snip[ I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on NTAS. ] > I have heard that as well, but when I heard it was 12 months after I was
> running Clipper software under this format on NT with out any problems.
> Has anybody any proof or is it one of those urban myths....?
> Phil McGuinness
> ----------------------
> > John,
> > Are you running the app on a NTFS partition? If so, I'd be really
> > interested to know if running it on a FAT partition on the NT
workstation
> > resolved the problem. I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on
> > NTFS.
> > HTH,
> > Dale.
> > > I am running several apps. compiled utilizing clipper V5.3b, and
linked
> > with
> > > Blinker V5 , the applications runs successfully on Win95/98
> workstations,
> > > however when I attempt to run them on NT workstation v4.5 the
following
> > > error occurs, regardless of which of the several clipper applications
i
> > > attempt to run: NTVDM.CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
> > > Has anyone encountered this before? This is the first attempt at
running
> > the
> > > applications in the NT environmnet, so we do not have a referance
point
> > to
> > > start from, other than knowing that the applications run in 95/98
> without
> > > problem, and that the environment settings have been set in the
> config.nt
> > > and autoexec.nt files.
> > > Any help or leads would be appreciated.
> > > Thanks,
> > > John A. Cheesmond
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Phil Barnet
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clipper & nt illegal instruction On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:08:12 +1000, "Phil McGuinness" Quote:
>snip[ I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on NTAS. ]
>I have heard that as well, but when I heard it was 12 months after I was
>running Clipper software under this format on NT with out any problems.
>Has anybody any proof or is it one of those urban myths....?
Other than NT crashing of it's own weight, I've had absolutely no problems using NTFS. In fact, all of my partitions have been NTFS for the last three years. However, it is a good thing to keep up with the service packs.
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| Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT |
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Phil McGuinnes
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clipper & nt illegal instruction snip[ > using any other ASM utilities that may have been designed for DOS only? ] I still use the old DOS Norton Commander version 4 and if you Press CTRL+L
this tells you how much space is available on the harddrive etc. This
function complains that I have accessed something I should not.
It complains once then it is fine.
Phil McGuinness
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Quote: > Me too, Phil. > I've been using NT on my Clipper development system for about 2 years
> without problem. I have one FAT and two NTFS partitions and there is no
> difference for Clipper that I have ever seen
> I have had occasional problems with my DOS editor not releasing it's
> backup/system files quickly enough and I can't use Norton Commander
without
> getting "This application has attempted to directly access the hard disk
> which cannot be supported. This may cause the application to function
> incorrectly." Abort/Ignore. I always ignore and it still works. But I've
> never had a problem with a Clipper application.
> Are you, per chance, trying to read the hard drive serial number? are you
> using any other ASM utilities that may have been designed for DOS only?
NT
> is a bit more tempermental about applications trying to access hardware
than
> DOS or Win95/98, but this behavior is not impacted by NTFS vs FAT.
> > snip[ I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on NTAS. ]
> > I have heard that as well, but when I heard it was 12 months after I was
> > running Clipper software under this format on NT with out any problems.
> > Has anybody any proof or is it one of those urban myths....?
> > Phil McGuinness
> > ----------------------
> > > John,
> > > Are you running the app on a NTFS partition? If so, I'd be really
> > > interested to know if running it on a FAT partition on the NT
> workstation
> > > resolved the problem. I've heard that clipper app's don't run well on
> > > NTFS.
> > > HTH,
> > > Dale.
> > > > I am running several apps. compiled utilizing clipper V5.3b, and
> linked
> > > with
> > > > Blinker V5 , the applications runs successfully on Win95/98
> > workstations,
> > > > however when I attempt to run them on NT workstation v4.5 the
> following
> > > > error occurs, regardless of which of the several clipper
applications
> i
> > > > attempt to run: NTVDM.CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
> > > > Has anyone encountered this before? This is the first attempt at
> running
> > > the
> > > > applications in the NT environmnet, so we do not have a referance
> point
> > > to
> > > > start from, other than knowing that the applications run in 95/98
> > without
> > > > problem, and that the environment settings have been set in the
> > config.nt
> > > > and autoexec.nt files.
> > > > Any help or leads would be appreciated.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John A. Cheesmond
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