Subj : TPPATCH fails to recognise file?
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Roelof Beverdam
Date : Fri Oct 26 2001 12:20 am

Hi Jasen,

 >>> 5 and below don't have the speed limit. they don't do the
 >>> spontaneous RTE200.
 >
 >RB> On the contrary; they sure do. _All_ versions have the Delay
 >RB> procedure, so _all_ versions contain some code in their CRT unit
 >RB> to determine the speed of the processor
 >
 > versions 5 and below have different code in their CRT unit that fails
 > silently (gives the wrong delay calibration) and doesn't cause a runtime
 > error mesage.

From the early days of TP I recall to have seen a similar error message; it 
must have been in version 1 or 3 (the two oldest versions I've used). Although 
the algorithm was different, it definitely caused a runtime error.

Cheers,
Roelof Beverdam

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