WATCHCAT.COM and WATCHKAT reboot the system if the text string "Hit any key to
return to system" is detected in the leftmost 31 bytes of any of the 25 screen
lines. (This is a QuickBASIC catch-all prompt which hangs an RBBS system on
any error that the RBBS code does not specifically trap.)
WATCHKAZ.COM dated 11-14-89 22:01:00 is a customized copy of WATCHKAT.COM dated
11-24-89 22:00:00 with the trigger text string zapped to "Cannot load COMMAND,
system hal" for the Ivory Tower only, and is not intended for distribution.
12-03-89: Renamed WATCHKAZ.COM to WATCHKAT.COM and installed. KH
12-12-89: WATCHKAT.COM as modified is not intended for general distribution
but a copy has been Uploaded to the BBS of the author of WATCHCAT.COM
with notification that the mod is now posted on The Ivory Tower. If
passed on this mod should be bundled with the original WATCHCAT.COM
and WATCHCAT.DOC to give appropriate credit to the author of the
original code. This utility has now run on The Ivory Tower for over a
week with PCBoard 14.2/D code and been well behaved. The line
WATCHKAT ON is in the Autoexec.bat of the board and the line WATCHKAT
TIMER is in the BOARD.BAT. Caution -- before running mail or any other
function which will leave the modem ON-HOOK be sure that WATCHKAT OFF
has been issued or a caller might cause a system reboot in the middle
of some procedure. One added function of this utility is that the
line WATCHKAT ON will cause a system reboot when encountered in a
running batch file.