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From: ejd@caen.engin.umich.edu (Edward J Driscoll)
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Subject: Re: Controlling PC via serial port
Keywords: PC, serial port, terminal
Message-ID: <41aa98a9.11a9f@uhura.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 24 Feb 89 15:18:00 GMT
References: <900@mtunf.ATT.COM> <13228@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: ejd@caen.engin.umich.edu (Edward J Driscoll)
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In article <13228@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <900@mtunf.ATT.COM> arr@mtunf.ATT.COM (Andrew Raffman) writes:
>| Dear Netfolk,
>| 
>| I'm working on a project here which requires me to be able to run my PC from
>| an ASCII terminal hooked into the serial port. Does anyone know of any such
>| programs, either public domain or commercial? I have heard that they are often
>| used by people running BBS's.
>
>	CTTY COM1
>
>put it in your autoexec.bat file. If you need login security (you didn't
>say you did) add a tiny password checker as the next command in
>autoexec.
>

Right.  I don't use this command (it's a DOS command, BTW) but I
seem to recall that it transfers IO to the serial port EXCLUSIVELY.
One of Andrew's desired features was the ability to use the console
also.
-- 
Ed Driscoll
ejd@caen.engin.umich.edu