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From: tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Help!  New owner of xenix need professional help!
Summary: Bi-Directional Modem Ports Documented in Xenix Manuals
Message-ID: <473@fallst.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 88 00:40:17 GMT
References: <963@rencon.UUCP> <3700008@eecs.nwu.edu>
Organization: Tim Evans, Fallston, MD
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In article <3700008@eecs.nwu.edu>, skrenta@eecs.nwu.edu (Richard Skrenta) writes:
> So far I haven't found any reasonable way to use a modem both as dial in and
> dial out.

Version 2.2 (and, I assume, later ones as well) provide for bi-directional
use of the same com port.  It's well explained in the UUCP section of the
(I think) _User Guide_.  Basically, 'uucico' and 'cu' are smart enough
(when a port is "enabled" for login) to kill the getty and "disable" the
port whenever dialing out is initiated; getty is restarted once the call
is completed.  Works great.
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