stopping unwanted output to tty

[Michael C. B. Ashley]

Picture this:   you are logged into your trusty DECstation using a 1200
                baud modem. You accidently enter a command which results
                in a few megabytes of data being sent down the modem
                (e.g., perhaps your program had a few more compilation
                errors than you thought it would :-)).

Question:       How do you avoid having to wait half an hour or so before
                getting control of your DECstation back again?

Presumably there is some simple answer to this question. I have tried
every control character known to man, read dozens of manual pages on
terminal settings and line disciplines, and consulted local gurus,
without being any the wiser.

Any advice gratefully accepted.
Michael Ashley mcba at newt.phys.unsw.oz.au Astrophysics Department
University of New South Wales