> 
> I'm having trouble interfaing with my modem. I've been using 
> 
> "cu -l /dev/tty00" 
> 
> (the modem is in the modem port -s speeds don't have any affect).
> 
> after it says "connected" as soon as I hit a single letter, it says "cu: 
> write: Input/output error"
> 
> I'm using a global village platinum modem. Was I supposed to do something 
> to set it up to use a modem first? Is it a problem with this type of modem?

Uhm, no. There's probably nothing wrong with your modem; cu's broken.
You might try an "stty -f /dev/tty00 clocal" before using cu.

Or you could use tip.If your /etc/remote file is set right,
something like "tip -38400 com0" should work fine.

The relevant files from my /etc/remote file are:

# Hardwired line
com0c|com0:dv=/dev/tty00:br#19200:
com0b:dv=/dev/tty00:br#2400:

Take care,

Bill