Accessing com1: under vpix

[Colin J. Dykstra]

Question for the net:

I'm trying to setup vp/ix (well really AT&T's simultask) to access
an asynch port (/dev/tty00) as COM1: so that I can use a modem whilst 
in simultask.  I have /dev/tty00 administered as a uucp device and can't 
seem to be able to share it with simultask. 

Here is what I have tried so far:

   from /usr/vpix/defaults/vpix.cnf:
   COM1			/dev/tty00

   The above results in a dos error message, while starting simultask,
   something to the effect:

     "can't open /dev/tty00"

   Next I tried disabling the port under unix (commented out the 
   appropriate entry in /etc/inittab and killed the uugetty).  This 
   was somewhat more successful.  This time, at least I was able to 
   access the port briefly under simultask (tried "echo blah > COM1:"), 
   however, the dos session hung almost immediately.

I am out of ideas, and any suggestions anybody may have would be very
much appreciated.

Regards,

Colin Dykstra