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In article <1992Dec15.182315.6970@zetetic.uucp> philip@zetetic.net.netcom.com writes:
>In article <1992Dec10.093651.24156@netcom.com> abell@netcom.com  
>(Steven T. Abell) writes:
>> hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) writes:
>> >weaver@kuttner.sfc.sony.com (Eric Weaver) writes:
>> >>I would like to set /dev/ttya to produce 8 bit characters and odd parity.
>> >>We have a device which requires said serial parameters.
>> 
>> No, he wants to stroke a pro VCR. So do I.
>> Pro video gizmos all speak 38.4Kbaud 8-bits odd parity.
>> NeXT ports won't do this with the current UNIXy drivers.
>> This really pisses me off.
>> It's not like an 8530 can't do this.
>> NeXT should supply appkit port objects that can be seized,
>> configured any which way, and used for more than just nerdy dialups.
>
>It is not because it is UNIX but because the NeXT is BSD. Systems  

Well, either way, nothing is preventing anyone from writing another serial
port driver that does whatevere their hearts desire. I understand MorningStar
has a HDLC driver for the serial ports and NeXT has the MIDI driver. 

There are two kernel routines zsacquire and zsrelease in
  /usr/include/nextdev/zscom.h
and the 8530 register information in
  /usr/include/nextdev/zsreg.h

With an 8530 manual and a kernel loaded server you're in business.  Just
somewhat of a pain to do...

la la la,
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