mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu () (02/08/90)
I have an A/UX system with a single modem attached. I'd like to use
this modem for incoming login and outgoing uucp. The book, Managing
UUCP and Usenet, gives two suggestions. One, you can set up multiple
run levels, like 2 for incoming and 3 for outgoing. Then you establish
a schedule and have cron automatically change run levels for you. This
works okay but it also seems to start extra crons and lpscheds on me.
It also says that with BNU (what's BNU?) there's a program called "uugetty"
which allows the port to be bi-directional without shutting off the uugetty.
Well, this sounds great. Is there a public domain version of this? I
found a program called uuty on comp.sources.unix which does most of
this but it does do speed switching like the normal getty does. I'm
new to Unix and don't know enough to enhance this uutty to provide this
speed switching. Any help is always appreciated.
Michael Nowak
University of Michigan Computing Center
USMail: 611 Church St., 2nd floor Ann Arbor, MI 48104
EMail: mike@us.cc.umich.edu -or- mike_nowak@um.cc.umich.edumike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak) (02/08/90)
In article <1990Feb7.153912.191@terminator.cc.umich.edu> mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu () writes: >Well, this sounds great. Is there a public domain version of this? I >found a program called uuty on comp.sources.unix which does most of >this but it does do speed switching like the normal getty does. I'm >new to Unix and don't know enough to enhance this uutty to provide this >speed switching. Any help is always appreciated. I received from jrg@apple.com a program called ringback, written by pst@anise.acc.com (Paul Traina). This seems to be just the thing I needed. It provides bidirectional getty service and it even allows you to call your computer with one ring to deactivate answer back so you can talk to an answer- ing machine (voice). It looks like this program was posted to alt.sources but I have it if anyone wants it. Or, you could contact the author for more information. Thanks for all your help! Michael Nowak University of Michigan Computing Center USMail: 611 Church St., 2nd floor Ann Arbor, MI 48104 EMail: mike@us.cc.umich.edu -or- mike_nowak@um.cc.umich.edu
rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) (02/13/90)
In article <1990Feb7.165016.1304@terminator.cc.umich.edu> mike@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu () writes: >I have an A/UX system with a single modem attached. I'd like to use >this modem for incoming login and outgoing uucp. The book, Managing >UUCP and Usenet, gives two suggestions. One, you can set up multiple >run levels, like 2 for incoming and 3 for outgoing. Then you establish >a schedule and have cron automatically change run levels for you. This >works okay but it also seems to start extra crons and lpscheds on me. We have used this with absolutely no problems. We also have a "call" program which allows a user to call out with "cu" if the modem is not in use. There is a good deal of cross-checking involved to keep track of run levels, whether the modem is in use, etc, but it was not very difficult to get going. BTW, this is on SysV. I don't think BSD is the same and I know SYSIII wasn't. I have no idea what flavor A/UX is. >It also says that with BNU (what's BNU?) there's a program called "uugetty" >which allows the port to be bi-directional without shutting off the uugetty. > >Well, this sounds great. Is there a public domain version of this? I There was a program posted a few months ago. Unfortunately, I forget the name. We tried it and it would have worked fine except for the last step. Getty normally drops the line when it fires up. SysV has a flag that prevents this. It is not supported on all machines; eg, mine. This program spawns a getty with the flag as the last step. On our machine, it promptly drops the line! -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us