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Re: Help needed linking RPC to linux box

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From: Tom Hughes
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 00:00
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In article <19950406.230748.91@ease.demon.co.uk> David Walker (david@ease.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> The current situation is that the linux owner says that there
> is now problem with his machine 'cos he's managed to link a
> terminal to it.

A terminal is rather different to a SLIP link. You can make a terminal
work with only about three wires connected, you need all of the control
lines correctly set up for SLIP.

> I'm using the block drivers (where appropriate), a very modified
> !calldemon.
> 
> At the moment i can't even get comms software to talk to his machine.
> the cable used is a PC null modem cable.

Presumably you're using the InternalPC driver (and for FreeNet the
modified one that I think I sent you)?

Tom

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From: tom@compton.demon.co.uk (Tom Hughes)
Subject: Re: Help needed linking RPC to linux box
Date: 1995/04/06
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