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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Getting BSD to use my modem
Date: 4 Mar 1997 17:01:19 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5f50pg$s65@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu>,
dimaggio@cs.buffalo.edu (Charles P DiMaggio) writes:
> Please forgive me if this seems like a silly question. I have been ruing
> free bsd 4.4 for a week now. I now want to be able to use my modem in BSD
> with things like minicom. What files do I have to change and how. Much
> thanks for any responses.
I'm not sure what a minicom is, but IMO, ppp and kermit are the best
things for accessing a modem. The handbook has a tutorial on ppp.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !