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From: rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: 4500, 10.3, BSD, 2400 modem?
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Date: 8 Mar 91 19:39:38 GMT
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In article <9103081115.aa05182@concour.cs.concordia.ca>, goldfish@CONCOUR.CS.CONCORDIA.CA writes:

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              *   APOLLO SERIAL PORTS DON'T WORK   *
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It's almost as if someone started a complete overhaul, then took a vacation
in France or something.

  Better spend your money on a terminal server;
  at least TELNET works.

What?  Did someone finally fix ptys?

Actually, I've never had any trouble with the serial port on my Apollo.
Maybe that's because I don't use it.  RS232 is for people who can't afford
real communications.