Xenix 386-AT system reboots when modem is turned off.

[Jonathan Bayer]

perry at bluemtn.uucp (Perry Minyard (3MTA3)) writes:


}Im running SCO XENIX 386 2.3.3-AT using a 20MHZ 80386 "DYNA" machine with
}4 meg ram, and an 80 meg seagate drive.   I have a Hayes 9600 baud V Series
}modem attached to COM1 (tty1A).   

}If I turn the modem off while the operating system is up and running, 
}the machine does a cold boot.   This also happens on another machine which
}is a 33 mhz 80386 using the same type of serial card and modem and OS. 

}The card is a generic "SUNTEK" serial card with just one serial port.

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}I also have the same type of serial card and 33mhz machine running at my office
}under SCO XENIX 386 2.3.3 (GT Version (for a SCSI drive), and it doesn't reboot
}when the modem is turned off.  All three computers, modems, and serial

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It sounds like you might have a bad serial card.  Somehow the serial card is
triggering a hardware reset when the modem is turned off.  Try replacing the
serial card or even swapping it with the one at the office and see what
happens.



JB
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