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From: TBC101@PSUVM.BITNET (Thomas B. Collins, Jr.)
Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Multi-user BBS programmed with Turbo Pascal 5.5
Message-ID: <89272.013058TBC101@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 29 Sep 89 05:30:58 GMT
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In article <89268.185440TBC101@PSUVM.BITNET>, Thomas B. Collins, Jr.
 says:
>
>I am seriously considering writing a BBS.  I'll probably be writing it
>with Turbo Pascal 5.5 since I don't know C...  I'd like to be able to
>make it multi-user, and was wondering what I need to do as I
>plan/program in order to allow for this.  The only idea I've had so far
>is to write it so that it will run under something like Desqview and
>then a multiple copies of it for each 'Node' of the BBS.
>
>
I've since realized that I'm going to have to use interrupt or event
driven programming.  This shouldn't be too difficult since I have input
and output buffers for the modems and the keyboard.  It just that
breaking everything down into little pieces seems like such a hassle...
I already have one example of how to break down the board into little
pieces, but I'm still interested in any ideas or comments that you have
on the subject.

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Tom "Shark" Collins       Since ICS is comprised of 2 people, my views
tbc101@psuvm.psu.edu      are the opinion of at least 50% of the company.