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From: plocher@puff.wisc.edu (John Plocher)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Remote operation of a PC from a UNI
Message-ID: <266@puff.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 23-Oct-86 16:36:47 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 23 16:36:47 1986
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Reply-To: plocher@puff.WISC.EDU (John Plocher)
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Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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>As far as making sure that you can abort any application, you might
>try (if you can do modem control to the port) writing
>a program ...
>                            In that case, hardwire the interrupt line to the
>reset line (and hope that your disk isn't being written to when that line
>gets pulled low)

  There is a PUBLIC DOMAIN program on most Fido BBS's called watchdog
which latches on to the clock interrupt and lookes at the carrier
detect signal from the com port.  if it ever goes away, watchdog forces
a reboot. Watchdog can be turned off/on in a batch file (autoexec...).

  Sorry about posting this to net.wizards, it really should go in
net.micro.pc...
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