UUCP connection for Esix

[John Temples]

In article <1991Jan06.025812.103 at nstar.rn.com> larry at nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
>dkessner at isis.cs.du.edu (David D. Kessner) writes:
>
>>What is this FAS thing anyway??
>
>FAS is a replacement serial driver for 386 based Unix (3.2) that
>works correctly.

FAS isn't absolutely necessary for ESIX, since the ESIX driver works
fine at high speeds, handles the 16550, has hardware flow control,
and handles bidirectional modem access correctly.  But FAS has two
benefits over the ESIX driver: it uses less CPU time, and it supports
a non-blocking dial-out device with modem control.  The latter will
cause a dial-out program to get SIGHUP when carrier is lost.
-- 
John W. Temples -- john at jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)