From:	Ben Shadwick <bshadwick AT juno DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Communication between programs (such as MUDs)
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:35:57 -0700
Organization:	Clark College, Vancouver Wa. USA
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I was wondering if anyone has any information on making programs that
communicate with each other by means of something like a shared disk
drive... I am interested in programming some MUD-type games that could
be run both on a LAN and on single computers with multitasking OS's,
where users would each run a copy of the same program. The best way I
can come up with is to use (temporary) files to communicate between
"nodes" (or instances or whatever), but I'm not sure exactly how I might
want to implement this method. So, I was hoping that somebody either has
some experience in this area, or maybe some reources (FAQs, docs, source
code, etc.) that I could get my hands on...

Thanks!

Ben Shadwick, Sysop, Mars Base BBS (360)882-0773, Vancouver, WA, USA
email: bshadwick AT juno DOT com (please reply to newsgroup posts via email
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Space Marine (calm, low voice): "Swallow this..."
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