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From: DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET (Denis W. Haskin, Manager, Technical Services)
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Subject: Re: Running multiple interactive programs under VMS
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Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 01:12:00 EDT
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>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...

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