NA> One of the problems I've noticed, when I do get time to check the 
NA> server's console, is that the Usurper game has this nightly 
NA> "maintenance" routine that runs as part of my midnight
mailer event. 
NA> That event takes anywhere between 15 minutes and 3 hours to complete. 
NA> Occasionally it freezes the DOS session. If I could somehow automate 
NA> the restarting of that DOS session that everything runs in, like in 
NA> the days of DOS when we had a "watchdog" utility to reboot the 
NA> system, I would. 

Depending on the OS, you can use one of those old reboot programs t o end
the dos session.  There was one called koldboot.com (or was it
coldboot.com?  I dunno; It was done by buffalo creek software)  You can
also try calling interrupt 9 or 19, (i can't remember) but it was a
two-byte .com file that caused DOS to reboot.  In OS/2, it caused the DOS
session to end.  I had the same problem with usurper years back...  I think
I had its maintenance run in a seperate dos session during maintenance.

Hope this helps.

BTW: Yes, we are a dying breed.  I'm suprized as can be finding this place.
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