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- From: ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
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- 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>
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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.
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- 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....
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