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From: KPURCELL@liverpool.ac.uk (Kevin Purcell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MacMinx: Serial ports & Multifinder (Q:)
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Date: 2 Nov 90 00:20:49 GMT
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On Wed, 31 Oct 90 19:00:50 GMT Joseph R Pickert (archetyp@EDU.UIUC.CSO.UXH)
said:

>worrall@freezer.it.udel.edu (Robert Worrall) writes:
>
>>I am running MacMinix on a IIci 4/105 with system 6.0.7.  I find that Minix
>>takes over the serial ports when I boot it and I am unable to sustain my
>>network or modem connections.
[...]

[...]
>
>As to your problem, in the short term you could turn on appletalk on the
>port you want to use, then start minix, then turn appletalk off and start
>your serial line app (can you say hack?).  A better solution is to rebuild
>kernel with NR_RS_LINES == 0. An even better solution would probably be to
>eventually put it in the configuration dialog box.
>
>Joe Pickert

The best solution would be to support the Communications Toolbox, then you
would be able to do network connections too! (remember do as I say, not as
I do :-)

I don't own mac Minix ..... yet!

Kevin

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Surface Science,     |      o=o      |  "Programming the Macintosh is easy
Liverpool University | ____/   \____ |  if you understand how the Mac works
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