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In <31108@sequoia.execu.com> keith@sequoia.execu.com (Keith Pyle) writes:
>In article <1991Jan22.032421.9098@irscscm.UUCP> mfaurot@bogart.UUCP (Michael Faurot) writes:
>>[wants to use ports for dialin and dialout simultaneously]
>>[asks about Symmetry upgrade]
>
>Don't bother with the Symmetry upgrade (is this comment about an upgrade
>acceptable? :-).  We have an S81 running 3.0.17 and Sequent still doesn't
>provide for this.  At least if they do, they refuse to tell us about it.
>
>We've tried to get this BUG fixed for some time and have had no success
>with Sequent.  I guess they would rather sell more ports and have us buy
>more modems.

Well, we certainly like to see people buy more modems :-)

This is not a BUG. It's an opinion about The Way Things Should Be.
Dialin Ports are for dialing in, and Dialout Ports are for dialing out.
No one promised you you'd be able to change configuration dynamicly.

Several people have attempted to be clever and provide programs
that kill off gettys, make lockfiles, edit /etc/ttys on the fly
and kill init. And Sun (and most likely others) have corresponding
dialout devices (/dev/cua#) that do all this in the kernel.

However, even if you do all this, you still have the problem
of modem switch settings. You might want dialin set differently
from the dialout ones.

I personally subscribe to the static philosophy.
We solve our problems by having most people call us.
More hardware often means less software problems.
-- 

	Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
	Close the gap of the dark year in between