nvosd@nwnexus.WA.COM (UW West ) (08/10/90)
Here's one for the UUCP wizards (apologies if it should be a FAQ): I'm running SCO Unix 3.2.1 (aka ODT_OS), and have successfully set up a uucp link to the sco machine. I'm now trying to set up a link to nwnexus, which will be my primary net gateway. The sco machines all expect 8 bits of data with no parity. The nwnexus machine expects 7 bits, even parity. My problem is that I only have one modem and one serial port. So, I need to reconfigure the serial port for the two different machines (as an aside, I've confirmed this behavior by using "cu" and "cu -oe". "cu" works for sco and NOT for nwnexus, and "cu -oe" works for nwnexus and NOT for sco). Can anyone tell me how to do this from within a BNU "Dialer" entry. (I suspect I could use stty on the port before each call, but that would be cumbersome at best). Also, since I don't have the development system, recompiling dialTBIT is not an option (yet). Thanks! Clay Jackson
shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (08/17/90)
nvosd@nwnexus.WA.COM (UW West ) writes: >So, I need to reconfigure the serial port for the two different >machines (as an aside, I've confirmed this behavior by using "cu" >and "cu -oe". "cu" works for sco and NOT for nwnexus, and "cu -oe" >works for nwnexus and NOT for sco). Simple answer: You don't need to do anything to support both 7-bit and 8-bit remote sites by uucp. I also have but one modem (Trailblazer Plus) running under SCO UNIX. Communicate all the time with remote Xenix and ISC UNIX sites (8 bit) as well as a downstream Sequent (7 bit).