On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Charles Boisvert and Catherine Clinton wrote:
> >I have to avoid for instance exiting to dos pressing the esc key, and maybe
> >preventing access to the command.com shell.
>
> Is there a need for a command shell at all?
> Arachne is normally executed through a batch file. If it is possible to
> by-pass the batch, the kiosk can launch Arachne at boot-up by simply
> putting core.exe in the comspec... Or am I just going off my trolley?
I'll try it, the problem is loading the packet driver...
>
> >Possibly Michael Polak might come up with a custom version of Arachne for
> such
> >a purpose.
>
> If a University saves a lot of money by setting up old computers as kiosks,
> maybe some can be ploughed back into customizing Arachne.
Well, the situation is somehow different: the university will never set up
so many EXPENSIVE kiosks as would do using old hardware and arachnid.
Anyhow, I think that our university could put some money into arachnid,
more infos in a few days...
Franco Bagnoli
Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata "G. Sansone"
Universita' di Firenze, Via S. Marta, 3 I-50139 Firenze, Italy
tel. +39 0554796422, fax: +39 055471787
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