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FOSLAUX<1/2> Revision 1.2
FOSLAUX<1/2> is a device driver that is used in place of IBMAUX for either
COM1 or COM2. It is a generic device driver that should work on any MS-DOS
machine that has a FOSSIL style driver written for it. Basically this
driver is used in place of the standard CTTY COMx the user would use
CTTY GENAUXx to transfer control to the remote terminal. The advantage of
using FOSLAUX is that ^C characters are not handled by DOS as break chars,
so a remote user cannot break out of a batch file, output is directed to
both the local monitor as well as the remote terminal, and input can be
either from the local console or the remote terminal. This is useful for
sysops so that they can see what is happening on their systems (especially
if the disk drive light is blinking madly when a remote user is connected!).
To use the driver it is necessary to have a FOSSIL style program loaded so
that FOSSIL calls can be made. Then the FOSSIL program must be run to
enable the driver. To use all of this stuff in a standard Opus type of
batch file:
OPUS OPUS -B%1
IF ERRORLEVEL 50 GOTO DOSEXIT
IF ERRORLEVEL 40 GOTO OUTSIDE
GOTO END
:DOSEXIT
FOSSIL 1 ON +
CTTY GENAUX1
C:\COMMAND.COM
CTTY CON
FOSSIL 1 OFF
GOTO END
:OUTSIDE
FOSSIL 1 ON +
CTTY GENAUX1
OUTER /1 128/V 20/L
CTTY CON
FOSSIL 1 OFF
:END
If you encounter any problems with this program, please send a FidoNet mail
message to Bob Hartman at node 132/101, or write to:
Bob Hartman
427-3 Amherst St.
CS 2032, Suite 232
Nashua, NH 03061
- Bob -