From: Allen Mar (allenm@sfu.ca)
Date: 08/28/93


From: allenm@sfu.ca (Allen Mar)
Subject: Re: [Q] How do you dial out from Linux?
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1993 05:33:03 GMT

davidw@cs.UAlberta.CA (Woloschuk David R) writes:

>I have Linux SLS 1.03 running on my IBM ValuePoint and am
>trying to dial out using my modem using 'cu'

>Is there a better way?

I'm just a newbie with linux (nearly 2 weeks of exposure to it!), but...

In the SLS 'a2' comm.tgz file, you'll find 'minicom', which reminds me a lot
of the DOS program ProComm in style. A lot more spartan, but works. This is
better than 'cu' but not sure if it meets your requirements.

>How do I configure my system to accept the modem I am using and
>the paramters I need to use?

>Do I need source for Taylor UUCP 1.04 to do this? ( Ican't find the sources
>if they are already on my system)

>I looked in the Linux FAQ for infor, but couldn't seem to find it...is
>there any documentation on this stuff?

There are docs in disk 'd2' on uucp. Is that sufficient I wonder?

>Thanks in advance

>David R! Woloschuk
>davidw@cs.ualberta.ca

Allen Mar
allenm@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca