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From: largo@homxb.UUCP (J.BAKER)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Not a typewriter
Message-ID: <1683@homxb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Jun-86 18:04:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 10 18:04:23 1986
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What does the sys_errlist message 'Not a typewriter' *really* mean??

I am writing to a laserjet through an fd setup by dial(3C).  When the 
laserjet exercises flow control and sends a DC3 its modem hangs up
and my writes return the above message.

Is this message meaningful?


j d baker (AT&T BL HO 2D410)
homxb!largo                    "I feel I shouldn't have to deal with this."