Mail Archives: opendos/1998/11/01/00:11:43
I'm a little puzzled by the response I got on my request to run multiple
sessions upon startup with task manager under open/dr dos.
While mentioning the book was nice, I fail to understand the reference to
particular bbs packages at the end of the message, as if wildcat with it's
2MB disk requirements could handle multiple lines w/o task manager or some
other networking product. While rbbs, qbbs, wildcat, sbbs, and many many
others can (and do) support multiple lines, they all (yes, all of them)
require a multitasker of some sort. I fail to see the significance
whether this multitasker is windows, desqview, or task manager. And just
for reference, I already own a 10 line version of wildcat 3.55, as well as
sbbs (unlimited nodes) and even a couple bbses that contain their own
internal multitaskers, and can handle considerably more than 10 lines per
pc, but because of the way they handle such things cannot run the door
programs to which so many users have come accustomed.
No I'll restate the question and add some qualifying remarks.
Does anyone know a way that I can start task manager under dr/open dos,
and have it automatically start multiple copies of my wildcat 3.55
software (up to 10) (or perhaps my sbbs software, haven't decided yet) all
using fossil support (with built-in 10K buffers send/receive buffers)
having a packet driver loaded before task manager, adding a packet driver
multiplexor adding a program that allows me to treat virtual ports as real
modems which allow internet users to telnet into the system from online,
while keeping a couple lines for dial-up use, and having all this work on
a 486-sx 66 w/28MB of ram.
I can do all of this manually without any trouble at all, but I need to
start each session myself, and I'd just like some way to automate this
process, just in case it needs done when I'm not near the keyboard.
There, that's the whole of it, if anyone can offer suggestions, I'd
appriciate it very much.
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