Not the usual modem question...

[robiner at oberon.usc.edu]

Could some kind soul out there explain to me how I can get
out Harris HCX-9 running 4.3 BSD to call my modem at home
and give me a login prompt?

I can get the modem to dial out from the mainframe, but 
if I set up inittab to run a getty on that port, the modem
won't recieve the dial-out instructions - they are blocked
by 'login'.

Ideally, what I think would work is to dial the modem, THEN
run getty on the port.  The only problem is, when I do that,
the modem hangs up.  I think this is because the ports default
to 9600 baud, and when I set the speed to 1200 to send the
dial out commands, then exit, it defaults back to 9600, and
then even if getty is run then and switches back to 1200, enough
garbage comes down the line to hang the modem.

Is there a way to run getty, but somehow block it or suspend it
without blocking the read/write capability to the port, so 
I can send the modem dial-out commands.  Or some other way to
do what I want, without all this hassle?

Thanks in advacnce.

Please reply to me directly as I don't normally read these groups.

=Steve=

Robiner at oberon.usc.edu