Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpfcso!hpfcmgw!hpfcse!hpuerca!jns From: jns@hpuerca.HP.COM (Jeff Squires) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Using the Serial Port Message-ID: <1340013@hpuerca.HP.COM> Date: 19 Nov 90 21:15:10 GMT References: <10155@helios.TAMU.EDU> Organization: Hewlett-Packard NARC -- Atlanta Lines: 14 Hi there -- try this: nohup sleep 999999999 < /dev/rmb & stty 9800 cs8 -parenb < /dev/rmb stty -a < /dev/rmb /* just to check out what you have set */ now do your cat [file] > /dev/rmb and see if it works Hope this works for you !! Jeff Squires no guarantee given or implied by me or my employer -- just helpful advice