Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!ssi600!vernon From: vernon@ssi600.UUCP (Vernon E. Hurdle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr Subject: Re: Printer setup on a 32/300 Message-ID: <5009@texbell.sbc.com> Date: 8 Aug 90 15:07:07 GMT Lines: 19 Resender: towers@texbell.sbc.com (NCR Tower Mailing List) > > In article <4979@texbell.sbc.com> vernon@ssi600.lonestar.org (Vernon E. Hurdle) writes: > >What you need is a demon process that keeps the port open all the time. > >After this process has been started, the stty parameters that you set > >will stay in effect until the process is stopped. If you are familiar > >with C, you can write one fairly quickly. > > > Then again, one could always copy the old line from the /etc/gettydefs file > to the new one, edit /etc/inittab to run getty like the old system, and > voila! > > Share and Enjoy! > > Brian > Yes Brian, if you wanted the contents of /etc/issue and passwd printed on your reports everytime your printer sends an X-ON or X-OFF character this would work. |-)