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- 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
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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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