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From: robertsw@...!asuvax!gtephx (Wild Rider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: TSR/background modem answerer?
Message-ID: <1991May1.000511.2582@...!asuvax!gtephx>
Date: 1 May 91 00:05:11 GMT
References: <9104272341.AA16782@enuxha.eas.asu.edu>
Reply-To: robertsw@scorpio.UUCP (Wild Rider)
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Organization: AG (formerly GTE) Comm. Sys., Phx, AZ
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	In article <9104272341.AA16782@enuxha.eas.asu.edu>
	gomez@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Jose L. Gomez-Rubio) writes:
>
>Anyone know of a TSR/background program that answers the modem and says the
>BBS is down?
>
>I've run several stand-alone programs but they use up the entire machine.
>
>Thanks for the info!


	why not just run the command in the background? you know, from the
	c shell, something like:

		tutorial % bbs_down >& bbs.msgs &
		[1] 437
		tutorial % jobs
		[1]  + Running                bbs_down >& bbs.msgs
		tutorial %

	oh, you mean you're running ms-dog, not unix?  sorry, i didn't
	know whether comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc was dedicated to just ms-dog,
	or all the os's the pc is capable of running.

	you really should try unix; you'll probably like it.

	cheers && happy hacking,
	wr (wild rider)
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