.CD "term \(en turn PC into a dumb terminal [IBM]"
.SX "term\fR [\fIbaudrate\fR]\fR [\fIparity\fR] [\fIbits_per_character\fR] [\fIdevice\fR]"
.FL "\fR(none)"
.EX "term 2400" "Talk to modem at 2400 baud"
.EX "term 1200 7 even" "1200 baud, 7 bits/char, even parity"
.EX "term 8 9600 /dev/tty2" "9600 baud, 8 bits/char, no parity, use tty2"
.PP
\fITerm\fR allows 
.MX
to talk to a terminal or modem over RS232 
port 1.  The program first sets the baudrate, parity and character length, 
and then forks.
The parent sits in a loop copying from \fIstdin\fR (usually the console's
keyboard), to the terminal or modem (\fI/dev/tty1\fR).  
The child sits in a loop
copying from the terminal or modem (\fI/dev/tty1\fR) to standard output.  
Thus when
RS232 port 1 is connected to a modem, every keystroke typed on the keyboard
is sent to the modem, and every character arriving from the modem is displayed.
Standard input and output may be redirected, to provide a primitive file
transfer program, with no checking.  To exit \fIterm\fR, 
hit the middle button on the numeric pad.
Important note: to use \fIterm\fR, it is essential that 
\fI/etc/ttys\fR is configured so
that there is no shell hanging on \fI/dev/tty1\fR.  
If there is, both the shell and
term will try to read from \fI/dev/tty1\fR, and nothing will work.



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