[Info-vax] Timeout in a write using QUIW.

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-06-21 21:39:19 +0000, Jan-Erik Sderholm said:
> 
> My thought was to just queue the I/O, wait a sec or two using $WAIT and 
> then check the IOSB. If not completed OK, CANCEL and return an error to 
> the application...
> 
> We'll see. Hopefully we can convince them to install wired connections 
> instead of using Wifi...

Yeah. I tried that in the 1980s. Learned that ASTs and threads and 
completion routines avoided a whole lot of the mess that the inevitable 
errors within sync I/O and networking involves. You're headed for some 
races here, too.


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