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From: cyamamot@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Cliff Yamamoto)
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Subject: Re: HUPCL and getty... what's going on?!?
Summary: Anyone know where the xgetty sources are?
Keywords: termio, getty, modem, DTR, HUPCL, callback
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Date: 3 Dec 90 15:28:52 GMT
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In article <A5VLN1@sunrise.in-berlin.de> hotte@sunrise.in-berlin.de (Horst Laumer) writes:
>cyamamot@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov I wrote:
>>So how do I know getty is my HEADACHE???!?
>
>I had the same problem on Dial-In with my 386-box running ISC. After
>missing quite as much sleep as you did, I found the reason for dropping
>DTR **was** getty, since this getty closes the line on an successfull
>open() (indicated by CD) and opens it again. Assuming your problem in
>an inter-system-connection, (a) try another getty (f.e. xgetty, which
>is PD and has an option **not** to close the line on successfull open()),
>
>(I do not post the xgetty-sources, 'cause the archive is of 68 kB)
>
>Horst Laumer, Kantstrasse 107, D-1000 Berlin 12 ! Bang-Adress: 

Can Horst or anyone else direct me to the archives or a FTP site that has
the xgetty source?

Thanks,
Clifford Yamamoto