Dell 4.0

[Wei Jen Yeh]

In article <13275 at medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, yeh at cs.purdue.EDU I write:
> 
> Hello,
>   I am having a problem running kermit under Dell's unix 4.0.  I just managed
> ....
>   The kermit binary was generated under svr3.2.  After entering the program,
> I issued the command "set line /dev/tty00".  It took about 5 seconds for
> the prompt to reappear, which is much longer than it was before (under 3.2).
> I then issued the command "set speed 2400", which caused the error message
> "Speed setting can only be done on external lines". ....

  Kermit now runs after I recompiled the source.  This is after I reinstalled
the system.  In case you're interested, I used the make target sys5r3, and
had to undef __STDC__ to get it to compile.  Does anyone know of a better
solution to compile these non-ansi compliant C programs?

  One observation.  The display seems to be in "burst mode" -- 2 or 3 lines
of text would appear,  then some noticeable delay, then the next chunk of
data appears .... This happens both under X and the ascii console.
Is this a common experience with people using Dell 4.0?  Should I fine-tune
some kernel parameter, or is it the fault of the asy driver?  BTW,
/dev/tty00 is connected to a 2400 baud modem.

  Thanks to all the people that offered me help, including support at uudell.

Wei Jen Yeh

yeh at cs.purdue.edu
Department of Computer Science
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana