>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:47:20 -0800 (PST)
>From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
>
>On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Jukka Marin wrote:
>
>> I have an enhanced getty (based on the standard NetBSD getty) which has two
>> new features: It can initialize a modem when getty first starts up and it
>> can perform a callback operation.
>
>The modem init stuff was actually something that I was thinking
>about, since when I was debugging I happened to get the modem
>disagreeing with getty about the speed. That tends to open a bit
>of a rat's nest, however, because you have to decide how much modem
>functionality you really want. Is it satisfactory just to open the
>modem and send it a string? Or do you want to do an send-expect
>sequence?

This functionality should not be built into getty.  I think it would
be better to add a way for getty to call a chat script.  chat was
designed for modem initialization, there's no need to reinvent
wheels.
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