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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Multiplexed Special Devices
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Date: 11 Oct 90 16:52:03 GMT
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In article <6633@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> porr@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Greg Porr) writes:
>Does anyone know the origin of the "Multiplexed Character Special" (IFMPC)
>and "Multiplexed Block Special" (IFMPB) device types?

My RT has a comment in inode.h that these are "obsolete," however, the
console (hft) device is a multiplexed character device.  Are these the same?

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