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WATCHKAT is an adaptation of Joseph R. Ahlgren's WATCHCAT monitor, which
attempts to reboot a "hung" BBS under a variety of conditions, customized
11-24-89 by Dan Miller as described below.
WATCHCAT.DOC, ASM & COM are the unmodified files distributed by the author;
WATCHCAT.LST was created from WATCHCAT.ASM with Turbo Assembler 1.0; and the
WATCHKAT. files are the adaptations. In keeping with the following request in
WATCHCAT.DOC, the adaptations are NOT to be distributed except in a package
containing both sets of DOC, ASM & COM files (only the LSTs, which I included
as an aid to SysOps who might not have the Turbo Assembler and want to patch
the COM file to meet their needs, are optional):
"WATCHCAT is in the public domain may be freely distributed provided the
WATCHCAT.DOC, WATCHCAT.ASM, and WATCHCAT.COM files are not modified in any way.
Users are free to adapt the program as they see fit. I would appreciate a copy
of such adaptations."
WATCHCAT.DOC also summarizes the WATCHCAT adaptation, except that:
1) The threshold for rebooting when no carrier has been present for an extended
time has been reduced from 8 hours to 2, and
2) The number of unanswered rings which will trigger a reboot has been reduced
from 20 to 10.
In addition, one instruction has been relocated to prevent possibility that the
TimeCheck routine could be entered without the expected modem status in AL.
The comments at the beginning of the ASM files provide more detailed functional
documentation. The corrections to the lists of functions enabled by the ON and
TIMER options noted in the WATCHKAT.ASM comments also apply to the original
version; the corresponding WATCHCAT.ASM comments are inaccurate. WATCHKAT.ASM
clearly documents how it differs from the original code.