> 
>      I'v been trying to get cu to act as a  dumb-terminal....
> When I type: cu -l tty00 -s 2400 -o "dir" 
> it connects to my modem, exept that it gets a write error on the first 
> key that I type and quits. My ppp script *will* actualy dial the phone # 
> so cu should be able to work diretly too.... 

Yep. cu is broken. Either try tip, or set clocal for the
tty first. The problem is that cu doesn't set clocal, and the first
time it writes, it gets told it can't write as DTR isn't asserted, and
freaks.

Take care,

Bill