tml@hemuli.atk.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) (09/14/89)
We have an Intel SYP (or whatever it is called) 386 machine (called ruttana) with 386/ix 2.0.2. While waiting for our LAN card, I tried to set up an direct UUCP link to our main machine (hemuli), using the tty00 (COM1) port. The problem is that when hemuli logs in as nuucp, and the 386 send its Shere=ruttana string, the NUL that should be after the hostname doesn't ever show up, and the calling uucico hangs... (Yes, I used a protocol analyzer to monitor the traffic to be sure.) I tried saying echo 'a\000b' in the shell, and got nothing between the a and b. Is 386/ix incapable of writing NUL bytes to the tty00 port? Is it a hardware bug? Any workarounds? -- Tor Lillqvist Technical Research Centre of Finland, Computing Services (VTT/ATK) tml@hemuli.atk.vtt.fi [130.188.52.2]
tml@hemuli.atk.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) (09/18/89)
This is strange. I'm quite sure that last week when I posted my enquiry our 386/ix system didn't output any NUL if I said echo 'a\000b' when logged in on the tty00 port. Now, after a reboot, I tried it again, and it works as expected... and uucp transfers also work... -- Tor Lillqvist Technical Research Centre of Finland, Computing Services (VTT/ATK) tml@hemuli.atk.vtt.fi [130.188.52.2]