Subject: ATARIX: NetBSD Modem2 (fwd)
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From: Waldi Ravens <waldi@moacs.indiv.nl.net>
List: port-atari
Date: 06/08/1995 13:45:48
> From sun4nl!phil.uni-sb.de!owner-atarix Thu Jun  8 09:16:38 1995
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 19:50:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Adventurer <asx@ccnet.com>
> Subject: ATARIX: NetBSD Modem2
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> Adventurer <asx@ccnet.com> in atarix:
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> I got a hold of minicom (and was able to successfully compile it) and 
> tried to dial out using Modem 2 /dev/mdm02.  I get a message saying 
> "..unable to open /dev/mdm02".  And when I plug the modem to Serial 2, 
> the RD, SD, TR, CS light up simultaneously and I get the same message.  
> With modem 2, only the CS is lit until I goto minicom, then the TR lights 
> up.  But still, I get that "unable to open device" message.
> 
> Except for this problem and the annoyance of not being able to mount TOS 
> partitions, I must say that installing and using NetBSD (so far) has been 
> a much pleasant experience than Linux!  I must thank Leo and Waldi (and 
> whoever worked on putting this package together) for a fine job.
> 
> Hell, the compiler worked right from the start -- no need to make any 
> links or etc like gcc for Linux (which I still am having trouble with!)
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