Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is a good AMarqueed server to connect to?

A: Right now there is qamitrack.tibb.at, which is the server for QAmiTrack. You can also use it for other programs, for now, but if there is too much load on it, the site administrator might have to restrict it to just QAmiTrack use, so go easy! :) Hopefully, other sites will appear for use with other programs...

Q: What cool AMarquee programs are there?

A: Well, at the time of this writing there is Netris, QAmiTrack, QSendFile, and ARemote, written by Jeremy Friesner, and AmiComSys, by Håkan Parting. All are available only for Amiga at Aminet.
A2: Oh yeah, if you're bored you can check out the example programs included with this archive. :)

Q: Why can't I connect to an AMarquee server?

A: There could be any of a number of reasons:

  • The Amiga running the server is down or inaccessible.
  • The Amiga running the server has banned your site or client program, or has reached its maximum number of connections allowed.
  • The Amiga running the server is running low on memory.

Q: Why do I keep getting disconnected from the AMarquee server?

A: Again, it could be any of several reasons:

  • The server shut down.
  • A client with KILLCLIENT privilege has killed your connection to the server. (Such a client would usually be an admin tool being operated by the server owner)
  • The TCP connection was so slow that the server thought you had crashed.
  • The TCP connection was so slow that your client thought the server had crashed.
  • Your TCP stack had been shut down.
  • The server computer ran out of memory.
  • Your computer ran out of memory.
  • You and the server are running incompatible versions of AMarquee. Specifically, AMarqueed servers before v1.45 may have trouble with the Java-Amarquee-package.
  • A second AMarquee client has logged into the AMarquee server, and it has the same hostname and program name as your client program. AMarquee enforces the uniqueness of the hostname/programName pair on any given server computer, so if a duplicate program logs in, the original is logged out.

(c)Håkan Parting 1998. Last update 16th June 1998