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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!news.ci.com.au!conger.softplus.com.au!ferryw From: Ferry Winarta <ferryw@softplus.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: I need a tip on tip Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 08:53:36 +1000 Organization: Corinthian Internet Services P/L, Sydney, Australia. Lines: 58 Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.91.950906084407.22289A-100000@conger.softplus.com.au> References: <42fdpc$dtg@ulowell.uml.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: spgate.softplus.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <42fdpc$dtg@ulowell.uml.edu> On 4 Sep 1995, David L. Goddard wrote: > Date: 4 SEP 1995 17:42:04 GMT > From: David L. Goddard <dgoddard@jupiter.cs.uml.edu> > Newgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > Subject: I need a tip on tip > > > First, let me say thanks to Jordan et al for their > fabulous efforts in making it possible for me to > convert my pc into a workstation. > > I have trouble getting tip to work. > When I type: > tip phone# > I get: > tip: unknoun host tip0 > use tip -speed phone, ex: tip -57600 phone and make sure you have tip<speed> in your /etc/remote, ex. tip57600|57600 Baud:dv=/dev/cua00:br#57600:at=hayes:pa=none:du: > I edited /etc/remote and put in the host: > cs|Computer Science:\ > :pn=\@:tc=unix14400: > I also put in the baud rate for unix14400 and > put in the phone number for cs in /etc/phones. > > When I typed: > tip cs > I got: > lock open: No such file or directory > All ports busy > make sure you have unix14400 in /etc/remote (I don't think this is part of the default), and check dial14400 (I assume unix14400 will point to dial14400), then check the device which is specified in dial14400. > I appreciate anyones help. > > Thanks, > Dave > ----------------- > > Hope this will help. Best Regards Ferry Winarta ferryw@softplus.com.au