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From: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: modems and carrier detect under minix 1.5.10 IBM/XT
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.012527.12310@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 5 Mar 91 01:25:27 GMT
References: <62684@bbn.BBN.COM> <9102287337@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
Reply-To: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
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In article <9102287337@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org> waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) writes:
>To all people raeding this: what version is currently being used by you?
>I am using version 3.17 here, and I will post it if many people are using
>an old version...

I have getty 3.4, 3.6, 3.12 and 3.13. I sure would like to get 3.17.

I note that the subject line is specific to IBM/XT. Is this work machine
specific or generic? - I am running a Macplus. Currently I am running the init
and getty available on archive-server@plains.nodak.edu. This has allowed me to
dial-in to my Mac. It is not working reliably but it works sometimes. The
login prompt is permanently being displayed (and redisplayed each time the
getty times-out) which is wrong of course, since that should only happen when
an incoming call is received, but it does work ...

This also plays havoc with one of the modems I have been using since the login
prompt is being treated as a modem command instead of being passed through
to the system doing the dialling-in, so I am looking forward to getting the
new software Fred has been talking about for some time now.

Is this new software going to be part of basic minix, or advanced minix?

paul@ukpoit.co.uk                                Paul Wood, 31 Buttermere Drive,
                                                 Dronfield Woodhouse, Sheffield,
                                                 England, S18 5PX.
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