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- From: cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne)
- Subject: Opening aux1
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.021512.11496@csi.uottawa.ca>
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- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 02:15:12 GMT
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- Here's a possibly dumb question:
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- How do I open a file to aux (a.k.a. modem1, a.k.a. com1: ...)?
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- I've compiled C-Kermit, with only minor difficulties, and it seems to
- work, up to the point at which I try to actually USE it to do file
- transmissions.
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- It requests that I "set line", which is sensible enough.
-
- If I'm running MiNT, I enter /dev/aux or /dev/modem1. It complains
- about being unable to acquire a "lock" on the device, but life
- continues. Unfortunately, data doesn't get transmitted.
-
- If I'm NOT running MiNT, there's no sensible way to actually NAME the
- device. In the good 'ol 8 bit days, you could ALWAYS open a file to
- ANY device, whether that be D1:, D2:, for disk drives, or E: for the
- "line editor" device. On MS-DOS machines, file names like lpt1: or
- com1: get interpreted as devices; I don't seem to be able to do this
- from either tcsh or mupfel (or from inside C-Kermit). Do I need to
- hack up the code in order to get this running? Or am I missing the
- "magic name?"
-
- --
- Christopher Browne
- cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca
- University of Ottawa
- Master of System Science Program
-