Stupid DOS tricks-redirecting console

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Aug 4 11:13:13 2000

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

> > It's been a long time since I've banged around pure DOS, so I can't
> > remember all of its tricks. Here's what I want to do. I want to occasionally
> > hook a terminal to a small 486 SBC/data collector which is running
> > "headless." I seem to remember that the console I/O can be redirected to a
> > COM port with a command like "MODE COM1:=CON" or something like that. I'm
> > not at home now, so I can't try it, but am I on the right track? Will that
> > redirect both screen and keyboard I/O?
>
> I thought the command was STTY -- for example, STTY NUL is a great way
> to make your computer pathologically introverted. ;-)

That's Unix.

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