Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Multi serial/parallel ports Message-ID: <6910@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 27 Oct 90 11:29:42 GMT References: <77.2727B691@myamiga.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 12 In article <77.2727B691@myamiga.UUCP> smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steve Palm) writes: >Suppose you had a few tasks up and running. One that was watching for dialins >on the serial port, and one that was calling out. The one calling out >wouldn't adversely affect the one waiting for calls by messing around with the >DTR, but the one waiting for calls would stop the dialout program from >dropping the DTR using open-close techniques. Would Matt Dillon please speak up and explain just how he solves this problem in his getty program? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .