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From: viljanen@kreeta.cs.Helsinki.FI (Lea Viljanen UNIX88)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Problems with RS232 stuff in Atari Minix
Message-ID: <692@hydra.cs.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 14 Jan 89 00:29:23 GMT
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In article <366@lzaz.ATT.COM> hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:
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>I just seen two articles one for PC one for ST where the author
>is changing /etc/ttys and then discussing cu.
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>THis is how it is (I think).
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>1. if you want to log into the minix box from the rs232 line:
>	then put 101 (ST) or 1?1 (PC) [?= ???] in etc/ttys

If you want to use a modem thru the RS-port and call out? 
I tried with the original setting (100) and then I tried with 101 too. 
Cu did't work with themat all. ("Cannot open /dev/tty1" or something 
similar).

>3. CU and any other terminal program cannot be used as long as init
>	wants to try to login the line.  To use such a program
>	I have to edit /etc/ttys, and reboot!!!

Something should be done about that.

>PS. I am about to repost the rs232/midi/bmsclock package.  It has been
>	ifdeffed in such a way that you can build any or all that you
>	want.

That would be nice. I don't have the BMS-clock and I tried to delete
all the BMS-stuff from the sources, but (Friday the 13th strikes again)
I forgot the stdmp.c... Now my dump table is a bit weird, but that's life.

>PPS. per character io using rs232 is S L O W ! ! !.  MINIX is not nearly
>as fast as TOS.

I noticed... *SIGH* 

>Howard Johnson
>ATT-BL
>lzaz!hcj
> 


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