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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: tip hangs on exit
Date: 20 Dec 1994 18:32:16 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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Message-ID: <3d77vg$h7f@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
References: <Roy-1612941151030001@adept.cts.com> <Roy-1612942206100001@adept.cts.com>
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In article <Roy-1612942206100001@adept.cts.com>,
Roy Lovejoy <Roy@AdeptSolutions.com> wrote:
>In article <Roy-1612941151030001@adept.cts.com>, Roy@AdeptSolutions.com
>(Roy Lovejoy) wrote:
>
>> Am I doing something wrong:
>> 
>> I am trying to see if FreeBSD can communicate with my modem/ser card setup.
>> 
>
>To add to the frustration, it looks like tip is only sending 5 bit data or
>something.
>
>When I type in at<return>  (to check on the modem)
>it types <BETA>t<i with accent)

It sounds like some other piece of hardware is swallowing up some of the
data.  Are you *sure* that there are no port/IRQ conflicts on the box?
(I know, I sound like a broken record, but this is almost always the
 cause of COM problems)


Nate
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