Re: Choice of software ?

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 16 May 2002 12:56 pm, Malcolm Moorhouse wrote:
> Can  any group members offer advise on a choice of
> software for my home brew HA system ?

<snip>

> I=92m now ready to start the software. Does anyone know
> if an off the shelf package is available that can
> address its I/O via simple ASCII rules, via DDE link,
> or have a custom I/O driver installed.

You could have a look at Misterhouse (http://www.misterhouse.net) It's written 
in Perl & fully extensable. It has a base IO class that I beleive
would=
be 
easily adaptable to do whatever IO you require.

> Another question I have is what operating system is
> best suited for a PC is running 24/7.

Linux or BSD. My Linux firewall was up 24/7 for well over 12 months before
=
I 
decommisioned it.

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