From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 17:09:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA15892 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwnexus.wa.com (nwnexus.wa.com [192.135.191.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA15880 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.statsci.com ([198.145.127.110]) by nwnexus.wa.com with SMTP id AA24450 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:08:56 -0700 Received: from statsci.com by main.statsci.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0ueVn0-000QYeC; Thu, 11 Jul 96 17:08 PDT Message-Id: To: Chuck Robey , Gary Chrysler , Terry Lambert , Martin Loeffler , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing a modem to hangup References: In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:25:40 -0700." Reply-To: scott@statsci.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:08:57 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Scott Blachowicz wrote: > ...not to mention the [separate] power switch. Seems I power cycle modems to > reset state occasionally... ...and I occasionally want to hook my modem up to my Amiga or possibly to one of the SPARCs or whatever at work (i.e. external modems are portable). But they do consume an existing serial port, so sometimes you might need to add a little bit to the cost differential to accomodate an extra serial port card (to go with the slightly higher priced external modem). For anything I've wanted to do, the benefits of the external, portable box have outweighed any costs. Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org