Sounds like our TELLF command (uses MPEX WARNF to send the message). Still
leaves the problem of how the recipient can respond if they are in a
block-mode (ie Vplus) screen.

regards,

Robert W.Mills
Systems Development Manager
Windsong Services
(01689) 870622 x3005


Mark Wonsil <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote on 14 October 2003 12:23:

> Gavin wrote:
>> And, yes, I still have the source and if anyone wants to play with it
>> let me know.  It's written in Pascal.  It only supports one
>> conversation at a time (there's only one pair of message files) but
>> you could easily enhance it to do more.
>
> IIRC, someone wrote a version of a chat program that used an
> undocumented feature of intrinsic GENMESSAGE to send messages whether
> the session was busy or not.  I also want to say that it would remove
> the function keys and put the message there, much like you see when
> you watch your system boot. It was pretty cool and probably dates
> back to the mid '80s as well.
>
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