How is "tip" spelled on Linux-speak?

Wed Oct 1 11:18:10 PDT 2003

On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:20:20AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> In particular, using the recently-minted Linux BBC (Bootable Business Card)?
> 
> I'm trying to test/diagnose a problem with my laptop's serial port; I
> merely want to tip to the serial port while an external MODEM is
> connected to it, so I can see if I can talk to it ("aaat&v"; see if
> I get a register dump back -- if so, I'm happy).

isn't that little BBC cd damn cute? I just got in some fresh business card
cd-r's so I can make a freebsd bizcard cd from freesbie ;)

I think that cu should work on linux although I could be wrong. I
usually try minicom but I'm not sure if either one is on that
mini-distro.

good luck!

-matt

> 
> Thanks,
> david
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> Solaris (in alphabetical order).

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