386/ix vp/ix using com1 device with Arnet Smartport-8
Greg Orsini
grego at scruffy.sgi.com
Tue May 23 05:22:29 AEST 1989
In article <694 at mitisft.Convergent.COM>, dold at mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) writes:
> in article <32904 at sgi.SGI.COM>, grego at scruffy.SGI.COM (Greg Orsini) says:
>
> > I have a problem running VP/ix and using COM1, although the same port
> > works fine under unix (386/ix).
>
> My setup is similar, Everex 386/20, XENIX 2.2.3 (?), and Arnet dumb ports.
> A medical program provided by the AMA won't dial out under VP/IX,
> **UNLESS**
> I use XENIX to talk to the modem first. (cu -s1200 mynumber)
> After that, I can use the AMA package under VP/IX...
> Clarence A Dold - dold at tsmiti.Convergent.COM (408) 434-5293
I tried cu but it couldn't find the device in Devices. So I added it from
the sysadm login. Now I can cu myself and it works great. But, when I start
vpix, it gives me the 'unable to open serial port, hit Enter to continue' as
though someone else had the port in use. ???
Anyone have any ideas???
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