[VAX82A.SUB]AAAREADME.TXT


                                 submitted by:


                                  Ruth Reebel
                            Amherst Accociates Inc.
                               210 Old Farm Road
                               Amherst, MA 01002


     When a telephone line is lost, VMS stops the process  associated  with
     that line.  This package provides a means of keeping the process alive
     even if terminal input is required by the process.

     1.  STARTUP

              is an initialization program which should be  run  at  log-on
         with  your LOGIN.COM.  It allows the user to attach to an existing
         unattended process if desired or it starts a detached  process  to
         handle communications between the terminal and its processes.

     2.  MAINUP

              handles the monitoring phase of the  system.   It  hibernates
         except when awakened by a read or write to its mailbox.

     See LINEDROP.DOC for setup and operating instructions.