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||||ITn article <Feb.5.15.11.16.1989.14122@pilot.njin.net> limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
>In ar.[^"-)U5{{
|[ this new serial-device stuff is a kludge ]
|
|In article <15154@oberon.USC.EDU|, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) doesn't
|see the problem with it...

|From my reading of the spec, it seems more like venders have two
|options, first of all, they can supply their own serial.device (with a
|different name of course) and have software get configured to look for
|that device and a particular device number.  Fine.  If you don't like
|the standard you can do it the "old" way and be perfectly conforming.

Yep, if the "application" software is written in such a way as to allow
USER selection of both DEVICE and UNIT, than one can have an application 
program work with BOTH a "conformant" serial.device or a "proprietary"
whatever.device.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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