Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rochester!rutgers!labrea!aurora!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!CLARKU.BITNET!DHASKIN From: DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET (Denis W. Haskin, Manager, Technical Services) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Running multiple interactive programs under VMS Message-ID: <8707240700.AA12896@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 01:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8707240700.AA12896 Posted: Fri Jul 24 01:12:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 12:20:47 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 21 >From: Jay Wooten> >> Is it possible to run n > 1 vanilla programs (e.g., standard FORTRAN >> programs) and bounce between them? > > Another solution (which also costs $) is to hook your terminal to an > ethernet terminal server (LAT). This allows you to switch back and forth > between multiple sessions very easily. How about running the vanillas in subprocesses? Seems to me it might be possible, although whenever I do a lot of work like that my input and output streams always seem to merge into one torrent... ... It should be possible without resorting to a server; remember that it ain't just the server you need; if you're not yet networked there's the VAX ethernet interface, the licenses, the software, the network medium... % Denis W. Haskin Manager, Technical Services % % ----------------------------------------------------------------------- % % DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET Office of Information Systems (617)793-7193 % % Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester MA 01610 %