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From: MCARTSHA@UREGINA1.BITNET (Shan Mcarthur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Asynchronous con: help needed
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Date: 10 Nov 89 00:30:36 GMT
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     Hello.
I have a programming problem:  I am writing (for an assignment) a program
that will allow communication between consoles.  All it will do is accept
input from the console and send it to a task that will divert it to all the
other consoles in the pseudo-network.  It was supposed to be written on a
Unix system for communication between users, but I want to do it at home
instead of traveling to the university to develop it.  My prof was quite
pleased with my ambition, but I am wondering if this 'ambition' is going to
kill me.  What I would like to do is have any incoming message printed to
the console even if the user is in the middle of typing in a line.  Is this
possible?  And for those with any mercy, HOW?  Do I have to use non-console
I/O?  Thank you for your help.
Shan