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Re: Taylor UUCP & SCO

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From: Ian Lance Taylor
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 03:41
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jerry@wshb (Jerry Lopez - WSHB Senior Software Developer - En) writes:

>I am experiencing trouble with my machine at home running Taylor UUCP
>logging onto a SCO Unix machine.  I seems that the SCO machine is not
>recognizing the carriage returns.  Has anyone experienced this trouble or
>has any idea what might be the problem.

The most common problem with SCO Unix is that it apparently flushes
the input buffer after printing the string ``login:''.  Taylor UUCP
generally sends data as fast as possible, and the login name often
gets flushed.  Add a \d or two before the sending the login name.
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From: ian@airs.com (Ian Lance Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Taylor UUCP & SCO
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Date: 11 Oct 94 03:41:57 GMT
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