Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?

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From: Bob Van Cleef
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:29

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In <P0mTXB1w165w@patsbbs.alt.za> pat@patsbbs.alt.za writes:
>Just in passing - I use a little program called "watchcat" which
>co-exists happily with my fossil (X00).  Watchcat monitors both
>CD and the RING signals from the modem, and if the phone rings
>more than 20 times without the modem answering will assume that
>the BBS is stuck, and will reboot!  This has saved me hassles on
>a number of occasions :-)

Do you (or anyone monitoring this conversation) know of a reboot
program that will work with Win 3.1? I've got a couple of DOS
programs that I can run as a scheduled event under DOS, but Win3.1
intercepts them and refuses to allow them to function.

What could work is a small TSR that ran before Windows was started
and behaved as you described "watchcat".

Second question: Is Watchcat available for redistribution?

Bob

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From: revc@Garg.Campbell.CA.US (Bob Van Cleef)
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Subject: Re: scheduled events that take phone off-hook?
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 08:29:10 -0800
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