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- From: JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (David Jones)
- Subject: Re: "Beat the Buzzer" Game?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.205358.1131@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: The Ohio State University
- References: <1993Jan20.122713.84@iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:53:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.122713.84@iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au>, webosk@iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au writes:
- >
- >I would like ideas to achieve the following:
- >- a program which is easily configurable (at runtime) to send messages to
- > my terminal, and *only* my terminal (there will be other users on the
- > system).
- >- a way of disabling nuisance messages until I am ready to receive them,
- > and to prevent a user sending multiple messages by holding his finger on
- > the button.
- >- ensuring that the first person to press his button really *is* the first
- > to get through to my terminal.
- >
- >Are there better methods than using $BRKTHRU (e.g. Common Event Flags and
- >Global Sections)?
-
- Write 2 programs:
-
- Program A creates a mailbox and assigns a system logical names to it.
- It then reads messages from this mailbox and echos it to sys$output.
-
- Program B assigns a channel to the mailbox created by program A and
- sends a message when the button is pushed. User of program B needs
- no privileges.
-
-
- If you want to throttle the rate a which program B sends messages, you
- can rig something up with the lock manager.
-
-
-
- David L. Jones | Phone: (614) 292-6929
- Ohio State Unviversity | Internet:
- 1971 Neil Ave. Rm. 406 | jonesd@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu
- Columbus, OH 43210 | jones-d@eng.ohio-state.edu
-
- Disclaimer: A repudiation of a claim.
-