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From: dt@yenta.alb.nm.us (David B. Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: A couple of facts about (HDB) uucp...
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.205108.708@yenta.alb.nm.us>
Date: 18 Jun 91 20:51:08 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.045101.2862@shibaya.lonestar.org>
Organization: yenta unix pc, rio rancho, nm
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afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) writes:

>Has anybody noticed...

>that when uucico is running the console beep (^G) becomes very loud and
>distorted?

It's not just uucico.  It also happens if someone is logged in to the port.
I suspect it happens if the port is opened at all.

In fact, I've taken to hitting backspace at the ksh prompt (viraw mode)
to deliberately cause a beep and see if anyone's on!

						little david
-- 
Early to rise and late to bed,
Makes a man tired, wired, and dead.