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From: adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Getty
Message-ID: <CAvxLp.7s@veda.is>
Date: 28 Jul 93 17:22:23 GMT
References: <CAv9tI.Eo@cyb.cojones.com>
Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland
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loodvrij@cyb.cojones.com (Bruce 'Loodvrij' Keeler) writes:

>And getty ALWAYS prints the welcome message
>and login: with some form of parity.

I also noticed this, it is a royal pain. I've not noticed it anywhere else
than on the serial ports, but I suppose parity doesn't mean anything elsewhere.

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adam@veda.is