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From: John Packer <packer@bway.net>
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Subject: [9fans] Re: bitsy question
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:51:26 -0400
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Dan Cross wrote:

> You have to change sa1110_uartsetup() in sa1110uart.c
> (the last routine in the file) to assign a valid Queue pointer to
> kbdq.  I just changed the relevant section to be:
> 
>         if(console) {
>                 uartspecial(p, 115200, &kbdq, &printq, kbdcr2nl);
>         } else {
>                 kbdq = qopen(4*1024, 0, 0, 0);
>         }
> 

This is an interesting clue. I'll try this out tonight.

 
> btw- the serial console mode can be really handy at times; it's nice to
> be able to put the bitsy on it's cradle, start up con, and then type
> into bitsy windows without using bitsy/keyboard.  

I've noticed this - very useful. 

> Another problem you may have is that the bitsy uart driver doesn't
> really do modem control

I don't think I need modem control, I'm not using a modem: just a 
PPP server and client over the serial cable to my PC. 

This is, I'm guessing, how ActiveSync works, and how Linux users connect
to their Ipaqs. 

It just doesn't seem to authenticate.

This may be the wrong approach, I don't know. 


> I've been meaning to try out ppp on the bitsy, using my ricochet modem,
> but I haven't round a serial cable for it yet (well, I haven't exactly
> been looking that hard).  I definately thing it'd be pretty cool to use
> my bitsy to send email from the train.

Very.

> 
> bway.net, huh?  You in New York?  Anyone else on the list in NYC?  We
> ought to start a New York Plan 9 Club or something.

Yep.