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From: tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer netbsd08 619 491 5161)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: com driver problems in NetBSD 0.9
Date: 9 Sep 1993 00:54:09 +0800
Organization: Telecom Australia
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Computer Protocol (cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au) wrote:
: dhhoveme@rodan.syr.edu (David H. Hovemeyer) writes:

: >Howdy,
: >    I posted to comp.os.386bsd.questions last week and got
: >some sympathy but no direct answers, so I thought I'd try my
: >luck here.  I upgraded from 0.8 to 0.9, and now can't get
: >my VT102 connected to com1 on my generic IDE card to
: >work.  The login banner and prompt appear as usual, but
: >programs that do terminal I/O (more, elvis) cause a row
: >of garbage to be printed and the line settings to be messed
: >up.  This set up used to work under NetBSD 0.8.

Did it? I am surprised, I had the same problems with NetBSD-0.8.  It turned
out to be I was logging in using 8N1 (from a dialup), doing an 
stty cs8 -parenb to allow me to use 8 bit, and then when I used more or vi
I would get the same problems as you described.  There was quite a lengthy
thread on this subject in one of the c.o.3.* groups about 3 - 5 weeks ago.
Anyway, I fixed my problem by using 7E1 when I log in from my SCO (UGH) box
at home to my NetBSD-0.8 box at work.  No problems with vi, more, less... 
anything.  If you can set your hard wired terminal to those params it may
solve your problem.

Good luck, I haven't upgraded to '0.9 yet, I'm waiting until these little
problems are sorted out. B-).

: >    Can anyone shed some light on this problem?

: Same problem here. I can't use VI (elvis) on my com port otherwise
: the settings become very insane.

: Regards - Tibor Sashegyi (cproto@cs.curtin.edu.au)

Hope that is of some help.

Terry.