console_client

>> require 'drb'
=> true
>> client = DRbObject.new( nil, 'druby://:1234')
=> #<DRb::DRbObject:0x1016c8c78 @ref=nil, @uri="druby://:1234">
>> client.connection
=> 1
>> client.cookbook do 
?> return true
>> end
DRb::DRbConnError: DRb::DRbServerNotFound
	from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1657:in `current_server'
	from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1725:in `to_id'
>>
>> ... etc ...
>>
>> client.connection
=> 2

console_server

>> require 'task_master_server'
=> true
>> TaskMaster1.start

task_master_server.rb

require 'drb'

class TaskMaster1
  @@counter = 0

  def self.connection
    @@counter+=1
  end

  def self.start
    DRb.start_service("druby://:1234", TaskMaster1)
    DRb.thread.join
  end

  def self.stop
    DRb.stop_service
  end

  # accepts a block of code
  def self.cookbook( &block )
    instance_eval &block
  end

end