From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 21:40:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA29356 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 21:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [204.97.248.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA29325 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 21:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimiko.tcguy.net (buxton-15.ime.net [206.231.148.144]) by ime.net (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA03895; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:39:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <31E5D70C.5ACA@ime.net> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:39:40 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler Reply-To: tcg@ime.net Organization: The Computer Guy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: scott@statsci.com CC: Chuck Robey , Terry Lambert , Martin Loeffler , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing a modem to hangup References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Scott Blachowicz wrote: > > Scott Blachowicz wrote: > > > ...not to mention the [separate] power switch. Seems I power cycle modems to > > reset state occasionally... > > ...and I occasionally want to hook my modem up to my Amiga or possibly to one > of the SPARCs or whatever at work (i.e. external modems are portable). But they > do consume an existing serial port, so sometimes you might need to add a little > bit to the cost differential to accomodate an extra serial port card (to go > with the slightly higher priced external modem). For anything I've wanted to do, > the benefits of the external, portable box have outweighed any costs. > Not everyone needs portabability, Most don't! -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848