Hi Darren,

you wrote in <199601050334.OAA05607@mariner.amc.edu.au>:
> Is it a handshake problem?

More likely configuration problem.

> How do I configure tty00?

I use this for NetBSD-i386 1.1:

tty01   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   off secure local

"pppd" should turn the line to local mode itself, but it doesn't. :-(

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Matthias Scheler
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