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From: joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: remote shell
Message-ID: <13574@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 2 Aug 90 12:16:02 GMT
References: <8828@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Reply-To: joe@cbmvax (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <8828@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Timothy Newsham) writes:
>
>ok, i got a weird (will, just a little) question about running a shell from a
 different computer.. is there anyway to get a shell to accept input from a
 different device (ie. the ser: port?)  i tried newcli <ser: and newcli from
 ser:   but that didnt seem to work...  the reason is i would very much like
 to work on some cli stuff while my brother is using my computer for other
 things (like games or term program)...  

You can use AUX: for this. It uses the serial port, so a concurrent term
program is out unless you have a multiport serial card. Edit the AUX: entry
in devs/mountlist to match the baud rate of the other computer, connect them
via a null modem cable, then:

       mount aux:
       newshell aux:

This will open a shell on the serial line. Note that only line-oriented
programs will display on aux:. If you start a program that uses windows, those
windows will open on the main screen, not the serial line.
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