Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!spl1!ddsw1!acer!sparks
From: sparks@acer.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: COM1 (DOS) port under DOSMerge : How to get it to work?
Summary: Use Procomm
Keywords: COM1, /dev/tty00, DOSMerge, virtual devices,
Message-ID: <459@acer.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 89 20:41:52 GMT
References: <11109@ut-emx.UUCP> <443@cosi.UUCP>
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
Lines: 25

> In article <11109@ut-emx.UUCP>, mike@ut-emx.UUCP (Mike O'Donnell) writes:
> ] We have a CompuAdd 386/20 running uport SYS V and DOSMerge.  I would
> ] like to be able to run the PC version of kermit using the unix 
> ] /dev/tty00 port.  I have tried everything in the DOSMerge book and
> ] nothing seems to work.  Either I am missing something or it just 
> ] doesn't work.

Try Procomm under dosmerge. It seems to work ok for me. Remember to tell
the dos session to assign the serial ports to it.
use 
     $ dos -acom1=/dev/tty00 
or
     $ dos -adcom1=/dev/tty00

       ^^^(sometimes this one works better)

Procomm has kermit protocol.



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