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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!aukuni.ac.nz!status!root Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc 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 Message-ID: <093229.12273.10186@status.gen.nz> References: <1872@dcsc.dla.mil> <CBJnzu.6nG@obiwan.uucp> Organization: Public Access Internet Services, Auckland New Zealand X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Lines: 29 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