Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 00:22:04 -0500 (EST) From: Travis Siegel To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: opendos and task manager In-Reply-To: <19981030.172348.7839.2.DOMANSPC@juno.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com 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.