While really really bored, Robert Dobbs wrote:
>   So who wants to write something to toggle the modem into local mode,
>   get the current speed settings/etc and toggle back into online mode?

I'd do it, I'm re-writing slattach and about to write dialer-reconnect
programs for SLIP anyway.  Also setting up a NetBSD-SL/IP mailing list.
My SLIP/PPP provider tends to hang up every few days :(

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