Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: brendan@inmos.co.uk (Brendan O'Connor)
Subject: Re: New users, icc help!
Organization: Inmos Applications Group
Date: 7 Jan 94 09:11:41
Message-ID: <BRENDAN.94Jan7091141@dino.inmos.co.uk>

In article <2gftco$4oc@news.ysu.edu> thmatola@cis.ysu.edu (Tod H. Matola) writes:

>   Hello,
>
>
>      We have an older version of INMOS ANSI C Toolset, and I am not sure
>   if I have all of the configuration material that it requires. I have
>   the user guide and reference guide. What I am have a problem with is
>   setting it up.
>
>   After completing the install.bat and install2.bat procedures we have problems.
>   Every time I attempt to compile the sample programs I get a stupid
>   error message that is no where in the manuals. It goes something like
>   this: 
>   icc hellop.c /o hellop.tco /ta /g /wt
>       and it says
>   error - iserver - protocol error, read nonsense from the link (!!!!! mine)
>
>   I have also noticed this behavior from any of the itools executables
>   isim,ilink,.....
>
>   Oh yea, it is official copy from INMOS(august 1990) running under the
>   MS/DOS 4.01 on 386/20 with no fpu.
>
>   Any information on this puzzling problem would be greatly appreciated...
>
>   Thanks,
>
>     Tod Matola
>     Assistant Admin. at YSU


It looks like you have a copy of D7214A, B or C.  The DOS program
icc.exe is a driver that loads the transputer program icc.btl onto the
transputer and executes it.  The message comes from the program
iserver.exe which provides services to the transputer while executing.
In this case it looks like iserver cannot talk to the board.  Check
the installation procedure in the Delivery Manual and make sure the
environment variables TRANSPUTER and IBOARDSIZE are correct.

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Brendan M.O'Connor - Inmos Ltd. - +44-454-616616
1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS12 4SQ, United Kingdom
brendan@inmos.co.uk

