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Article #866Re: Problems using exec to run a program that accesses modem
From: Ralf Brown
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 03:21
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 03:21
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In article <1992Aug12.172925.12112@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Steve Madsen) writes: }It's my }experience that getting modems and serial ports to operate flawlessly when }there is no one there to fix things is a tough thing to do. Yeah, many BBS sysops swear to the existence of a 'vacation detector' in their hardware or BBS program. A board that has been running flawlessly for months always seems to go down within twelve hours of the sysop leaving on a month-long vacation.... -- Internet: RALF+@CS.CMU.EDU |The University would disclaim this if it knew... FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/26.1 |"Whenever things sound easy, it turns out BIT: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CARNEGIE| there's one part you didn't hear." AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 school| -- Donald E. Westlake, _Drowned_Hopes_
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!ralf From: ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Problems using exec to run a program that accesses modem Message-ID: <1992Aug13.032112.220582@cs.cmu.edu> Date: 13 Aug 92 03:21:12 GMT Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug13.032112.220582 References: <V6waPB1w164w@yngbld.tfsquad.mn.org> <1992Aug12.172925.12112@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: b.gp.cs.cmu.edu