Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!opusc!yarnall From: yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: getty, VLT, and modem0.device Message-ID: <1990Nov16.214146.20357@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> Date: 16 Nov 90 21:41:46 GMT References: <1990Nov7.050320.11615@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> Organization: Math Department, University of South Carolina (ahem; The USC) Lines: 34 In article oliphant@telepro.UUCP (Mike Oliphant) writes: +In article <1990Nov7.050320.11615@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu> +yarnall@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Yarnall) writes: + +>First, my setup (just to get this out of the way) +> +>Amiga 2500/30 (stock) +>VLT 4.846 +>getty as distributed with AmigaUUCP_PLUS 1.02 (equiv. to 1.06D version??) +>Supra 2400zi internal 2400 baud modem, using (apparently) version 1.7 of +> modem0.device. + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +[description of problem deleted] + +The modem0.device exibits a bug when two programs open the device in shared +mode and one or both of them uses 7-wire mode. Crashes are likely to occur. +If you have the choice, turn of 7-wire and everything should be OK. +Unfortunately, some software ALWAYS opens the device in 7-wire mode and won't +let you change it. Not the problem here. Neither of the programs is using 7-wire mode. I called Supra. Even though my Supra disk claims that the software is version 1.7, modem0.device reports that it is 1.6. The quite helpful guy at Supra is mailing me an update to 1.7 -- we'll see if that helps. +Mike Oliphant UUCP: alberta!herald!telepro!oliphant ken -- Ken Yarnall /// yarnall@usceast.cs.scarolina.EDU Math Department, USC \\\/// yarnall@ucseast.UUCP Columbia, S.C. 29208 \\\/ (803)777-5218 `You'd better tie me up.' -- from the movie, "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down"