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- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!ralphs
- From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
- Subject: Re: Scheduled Events That Tak
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.041312.10786@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Sender: sso@nwnexus.WA.COM (System Security Officer)
- Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
- References: <727807473.AA00441@visavis.cam.org>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:13:12 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- August.Abolins%f115.n514.z17@visavis.cam.org (August Abolins) writes:
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- >*N>I used to run a BBS with a ZOOM modem with its hardware message.
- >*N>I can program the modem to automatically connect and print out
- >*N>a message then disconnect :-)))
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- >NICE! Why couldn't *that* be a standard feature in every modem?
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- Try: ECHO "Cute Message Goes Here" > COM2
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- They TYPE command may work, as well, replacing " ... " with a
- filename. Or set up Waffle and copy a special welcome file
- into place; a new environment variable could be set to a
- nologin static file. Splash the welcome and hang up. Be
- prepared for your LD callers to get torqued. Actually, I think
- the entry file might be the one...
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