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Subject: Re: Using the sio ports for terminals w/o modem ctl signals
From: root@status.gen.nz (Jon Clarke)
Date: 18 Aug 93 03:24:33 GMT
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Bob Willcox (bob@obiwan.uucp) wrote:
: What about using sio on locally attached terminals connected through
: a multi-port card (BocaBoard BB1008) that only has TX, RX, RTS &

I use an AST four port card for this purpose and it does work thanks to a tip
from our resident guru Paul.

set your rc.local to read 


#
# site-specific startup actions, daemons
#
# @(#)rc.local 5.4 (Berkeley) 12/14/90
#

stty -f /dev/tty03 clocal             <- note clocal not -clocal


I use only a two wire connection (twisted pair (telephone cable)) to feed
the remote terminals here. The connections are pins 2&3 one end and 3&2 the
other end.

This may not be the best way to do this but it works for me.

Hope this helps.

Jon Clarke