auto-baud detection on VAX 785 with ULTRIX 2.2

[Michael Morse]

   Is anybody doing baud rate detection on a 785 (DHU11 boards)?  It would
really help things here if terminal users could press RETURN or some other
character and have the system automatically determine the baud rate BEFORE
sending out the login prompt.

   The normal UNIX method of sending out the login prompt and changing
speed on BREAK, causes havoc with our PC's when there is a speed mismatch.
Even if the garbage displayed on the screen does not cause the PC to lock up
or behave strangely, it is very disconcerting for users accustomed to true
baud rate detection.  

   I'm also curious if other UNIX software/hardware combinations support
this.  

Thanks in advance.

--Michael Morse

National Science Foundation

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