On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Paul Goyette wrote:

.. Well, _I_ don't like calling these things the "printer" port or the
.. "modem" port.  Why can't we be consistent and call them tty00 and tty01?

I agree with this -- also remember that some machines don't have
a printer and modem port: on some PowerBooks they are folded into one
port.

Finally internal modems may confuse the naming even further. I'd say:
stick to the /dev names, i.e. tty00, etc.

- Erik Bertelsen