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APPENDIX L -- RBBS-PC in a CORVUS Network L-1
APPENDIX L -- RBBS-PC in a CORVUS Network
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RBBS-PC uses the standard Corvus SEMAPHORES when sharing files among
multiple copies of RBBS-PC within a Corvus Network. This is accomplished
via the MS-DOS utility driver, DRIVEC2, that Corvus supplies with its
network.
On a multi-server Corvus network (i.e. where there are multiple shared hard
disk drives) all PC's that are running RBBS-PC within the Corvus network
MUST have their "home volume" on the same server. Corvus maintains each
PC's semaphores on that PC's "home volume". In order to "share" files
among various PC's in a Corvus network, all the PC's that are "sharing"
must also be looking at the same set of semaphores. In a single-server
Corvus network this is not a consideration because there is only one "home
volume."
RBBS-PC has been only tested with the Corvus CONSTELLATION II interface
cards and software that Corvus provides for the IBM PC. RBBS-PC should
work with both Corvus' older "flat cable" network as well as their newer
OMNINET twisted wire pair cable network when running CONSTELLATION II
software. It is entirely possible that RBBS-PC would work with some
combination of both Corvus network types as long as they were running
CONSTELLATION II software.
It should be self-evident that every PC within a Corvus network running
RBBS-PC must have a Corvus interface card. If multiple copies of RBBS-PC
are running in a Corvus network that is using older Corvus software (i.e.
NOT running the CONSTELLATION II software), the interface cards must, at
least, all have the CONSTELLATION II ROM.
RBBS-PC is tested only to run on IBM PC's within a Corvus network. Clearly
an IBM "clone" that can run IBM's DOS, RBBS-PC.EXE, and is supported by
Corvus' network should also work. However, such configurations (and their
many variations) are not part of the environment within which RBBS-PC is
tested and supported.