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Article #898Re: Problems using exec to run a program that accesses modem
From: Steve Madsen
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 01:39
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 01:39
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> }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....
I'd swear to it.. I helped to run a school BBS a couple years ago, and
it would always go down right after school let out Friday afternoon. Of
course, we couldn't get to it until Monday morning... argh!
Maybe the software is self-aware and we just don't know it! :)
--
Steve Madsen
Miami University Oxford, OH
Internet: sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!sjmadsen Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Problems using exec to run a program that accesses modem Message-ID: <1992Aug13.203920.12131@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> From: sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Steve Madsen) Date: 13 Aug 92 20:39:19 -0500 References: <1992Aug13.032112.220582@cs.cmu.edu> Organization: Miami of Ohio Lines: 19