Megatest

                 (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "host " host " port " port " ping time: " ping " result " ping-res)
		 (case ping-res
		   ((running)
                    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Setting conn = " conn " in hash table")
		    (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname conn) ;;; is this ok to save before validating that the connection is good?
		    conn)
		   ((starting)
		    (thread-sleep! 0.5)
		    (thread-sleep! 2)
                    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server for " dbfname " is in starting state, retrying connect")
		    (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))
		   (else
		    (let* ((curr-secs (current-seconds)))
		      ;; rm the (last server) would go here
		      (if (> (- curr-secs (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 10)
			  (begin

				     ;; start server - addressed in client-connect-to-server
				     ;; delay        - addressed in client-connect-to-server
				     ;; try again
				     (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; dunno, I think this needs to be here
				     (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
				   ))))
		       (begin ;; no server file, delay and try again
			 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: connection to server "host":"port" broken for "dbfname", but do not see servinf file "servinf)
			 (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: connection to server "host":"port" broken for "dbfname", but do not see servinf file "servinf)
			 (thread-sleep! 0.5)
			 (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))))
		 (begin ;; this case is where res is malformed. Probably should abort
		   (assert #f "FATAL: tt:handler received bad data "res)
		   ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: got corrupt data from server "host":"port", "res", for "dbfname", will try again.")
		   ;; (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)
		   )))))