Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!brahms!ching From: ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Question about term.c and modems Message-ID: <1990Aug20.233129.25588@amd.com> Date: 20 Aug 90 23:31:29 GMT References: <7349@star.cs.vu.nl> Sender: usenet@amd.com (NNTP Posting) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices; Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 12 In article <7349@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes: > >Some modems require an initialization string before they will do >anything useful. Has anyone figured out a way to have term.c or >a shell script or something else provide a canned string to the modem? > >Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl) Also has anyone implemented a lock for exclusive access to the modem. Things get wedged when I (stupidly) run term from two virtual consoles. Mike Ching