rubin@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mike Rubin) (05/09/86)
It seems that ULTRIX uucp defaults to "send even parity and accept
ONLY EVEN PARITY". This makes it unable to converse with various
other systems, including (it seems) 4.3bsd. The fix: you must put
the magic cookie "P_ZERO" in your send-expect sequence, e.g.
foovax Any ACU 1200 5551212 "" P_ZERO ....
--Mike Rubin Timeplex, Inc. {topaz, philabs!wu1}!timeplex!mrubingrr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (05/12/86)
In article <4938@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> rubin@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mike Rubin) writes: > >It seems that ULTRIX uucp defaults to "send even parity and accept >ONLY EVEN PARITY". This makes it unable to converse with various >other systems, including (it seems) 4.3bsd. The fix: you must put >the magic cookie "P_ZERO" in your send-expect sequence, e.g. > foovax Any ACU 1200 5551212 "" P_ZERO .... > >--Mike Rubin Timeplex, Inc. {topaz, philabs!wu1}!timeplex!mrubin Please remember to indicate what release you are talking about, and provide more historical and environmental information. We have been using Ultrix 1.1 on a 750, and have made uucp connections to various machines and flaovers of unix without running into any parity related problems. So, are you talking about a new Ultrix 1.2 problem, or do you have some other kind of problem? -- George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
ken@ektools.UUCP (Kenneth J. Lester) (05/12/86)
In article <4938@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> rubin@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mike Rubin) writes: > >It seems that ULTRIX uucp defaults to "send even parity and accept >ONLY EVEN PARITY". This makes it unable to converse with various >other systems, including (it seems) 4.3bsd. The fix: you must put >the magic cookie "P_ZERO" in your send-expect sequence, e.g. > foovax Any ACU 1200 5551212 "" P_ZERO .... > >--Mike Rubin Timeplex, Inc. {topaz, philabs!wu1}!timeplex!mrubin We were using Ultrix-32 1.1 on a VAX 750, and have made uucp connections to various unix machines (Version 7, Sun 2.2, and System 5.2) without running into any parity problems. A week ago we upgrade to Ultrix-32 1.2 and it didn't break any of our uucp connections. We do not use P_ZERO in our send-expect sequence. In fact the uucp installation and administration manual for both versions state that P_ZERO is the default. It would be helpful if you stated the exact version of Ultrix that is causing this difficulty. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Lester System Administrator, Software Tools Laboratory Product Software Engineering USPS: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, 901 Elmgrove Rd., Rochester, NY 14650 VOICE: 716 726-0322 UUCP: {allegra, seismo}!rochester!kodak!ektools!ken ARPA: kodak!ektools!ken@rochester.ARPA
rubin@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mike Rubin) (05/16/86)
> >It seems that ULTRIX uucp defaults to "send even parity and accept > >ONLY EVEN PARITY".... > > We were using Ultrix-32 1.1 on a VAX 750, and have made uucp connections to > various unix machines (Version 7, Sun 2.2, and System 5.2) without running > into any parity problems.... [and Ultrix 1.2 also works] We're also running Ultrix-32 1.1 on a VAX-750; from the replies on the net I am beginning to suspect our modems (Microcom's) are munging something although I told them to use 8 bits, no parity. Oh well. Wasn't there traffic on the net a while back describing some uucp problem between Ultrix and 4.3? --Mike Rubin {topaz, philabs!wu1}!timeplex!mrubin
craig@ur-laser.UUCP (Craig Harris) (05/19/86)
Don't know if this is what you are having problems with, but I have gotten these microcom modems functional with uucp on a couple of machines, though not Ultrix 1.2. You might check to make sure that the Flow Control is turned off. That has bitten me several times. UUCP (at least the versions I was working with) doesn't handle that well. Craig Harris Laboratory for Laser Energetics University of Rochester
avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) (05/22/86)
In article <4971@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>, rubin@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mike Rubin) writes: > We're also running Ultrix-32 1.1 on a VAX-750; from the replies on the > net I am beginning to suspect our modems (Microcom's) are munging something > ... Wasn't there traffic on the net a while back describing some uucp problem > between Ultrix and 4.3? Look, for the record... We run Ultrix-32 V1.2. We ran V1.1 and V1.0. Ran all the field test versions in between. We talk to System V systems, 4.2BSD systems, 4.1C systems, V7 systems, 4.3 systems, and System III systems. We talk to Goulds, Pyramids, other VAXes, Wicats (at a time), and a 3B-something. We don't have problems with UUCP to any of them. The same can be said for DECVAX, a usenet backbone site. Why DECVAX even talks to european systems! :-) -- Fred @ DEC Ultrix Applications Center INET: avolio@decuac.DEC.COM * Fight the Fight * UUCP: {decvax,seismo,cbosgd}!decuac!avolio * Rescue the Unborn *