Chris_G_Demetriou@NIAGARA.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
> > 	I had the same problem when I used my PC as a console for my 
> > 4/110.  It appears that after this point in the init, the character 
> > stream switches from 8N1 to 7E1 (change to 7E1 after the garbage appears 
> > and you'll be able to read it) and then back to 8N1.  I have no idea 
> > what's causing this, but it seems to work fine on my system once it gets 
> > past this point.

> the default tty settings, in <sys/ttydefaults>, are the blame...

I put in a PR (kern-808) ages ago about this exact problem.

I wonder why it hasn't been fixed yet - unless, of course, someone has
a *good* reason why changing to 8N1 from 7E1 isn't a fix.