Cu problems and lack of response from Apple

[Paul Dumais]

In article <1991Feb26.215213.25604 at ddtisvr@uunet.uu.net> taylor at ddtisvr@uunet.uu.net (Brad Taylor) writes:
>I have been trying to get 'cu' working on my MacIIfx for about two weeks now.
>I am trying to get my TrailBlazer Plus going in any fashion with hope to be
>able to get it to talk fast(i.e. PEP mode). I have been unsuccessful in getting
>it to call a system at all automatically. I am running A/UX 2.0. I've got a
>host setup in /usr/lib/uucp/L.sys that works fine with uucico, but not with cu.
>I called the Apple HotLine and have been told that cu uses a different set of 
>ACU types than does uucico, however they have not been able to describe the ones
>cu is supposed to know about. I have called them back twice and found that they 
>have been spending very little time on my problem. How difficult should it be to
>glance at the source and find the ACU types? Does anyone out there have a clue
>as to these ACU's? Any info in regards to get cu working is greatfully appre-
>ciated. Thanks in advance!!
>
>
>--Brad Taylor

The cu that comes with A/UX does not work like most other cu's that I have used.
First of all you cannot use the -d option for debugging.  That, I feel, was a 
serious oversight on Apples part.  Moreover, you cannot type "cu hostname" and
have it connect up to the host.  You can type "cu -s9600 -ltty0 9671111" and
it will connect to the host if your modem understands Hayes AT command set.  If
you type "cu hostname" you will get connected to the device specified in the
L.sys file and at the speed specified in the L.sys file but you will have to
talk to the modem to dial the phone.  I fully expect Apple to rev the version
of UUCP sometime soon.  When that happens you can expect a better version of
cu with better support for dialers.

On a related note, you can set up your own dialers for use with the "tip" 
command.  It is a BDS command that is used like "cu".  Check it out.

The views expressed here are my own.  Don't tell Apple I said anything. :-)

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.  Paul E. Dumais   A/UX Specialist 	 	Apple Canada, Inc.	     .
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