A.P. Lawrence

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Serial Communications and UUCP

A BSD-based machine can't connect to mine via UUCP

BSD-based UUCP sends data with even parity; SCO expects no parity. Add "" P_ZERO to the chat script in the BSD machine's Systems or L.sys file. For example:

xnxbox Any uucp 19200 5553333 "" P_ZERO "" \r in:--in: nuucp

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