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From: mike@hp-sdd.hp.com (Mike Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Modem busy message program?
Message-ID: <3482@hp-sdd.hp.com>
Date: 28 Mar 90 17:01:53 GMT
References: <9230@ingr.com> <1990Mar15.011957.9666@csuchico.edu>
Reply-To: mike@hp-sdd.UUCP (Mike Craig)
Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego
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In article <1990Mar15.011957.9666@csuchico.edu> atman@cscihp.UUCP (Homeless hacker) writes:
>>
>>I have a BBS that runs on a 286 machine.  I also have an Apple //e to
>>support the Apple ][ areas of the BBS.  When I need to use the 286 for
>>work/business/play, I would like to have a program running on the
>>Apple //e that displays a message to my BBS callers indicating that
>>the BBS is down for the moment.  I could just make the line appear
>>busy, but I was hoping to do more than that.  I have ProTree, a BBS

     I heard of a program called _Double_DOS_, as far as I know it allows
you to run applications while the BBS is still up.  You might want to check
in to that more thoroughly.

Mike Craig