Autobaud modems -vs- SunOS 4.0.3

[Joe Smith]

In article <9257 at brazos.Rice.edu> baur at venice.sedd.trw.com (Steven L. Baur) writes:
>According to the SunOS documentation I've read, it is possible to specify
>an autobaud modem in the /etc/ttytab by referring to it by xxxxx-baud
>where xxxxx is its top speed.  This doesn't apear to work.  Connecting to
>this modem at any other speed (than the advertized one in ttytab) prints
>garbage on connection. 

That is correct.  It works just as documented.

The entry "D2400" says to output the login banner at 2400.  If the user
presses the BREAK key, getty switches to the next speed (1200 baud) and
types "login:" again.  It is expected that the user (or uucp chat script)
will send BREAK signals until the "login:" prompt shows up ungarbled.
This works, and I have used it this way.

I have not tried the "ab" parameter in gettytab.  The lines in /etc/gettytab
	# Auto-baud speed detect entry for Micom 600.
	A|Auto-baud:ab:sp#2400:f0#040:
sort of imply that "ab" works only for Micom modems.

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