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If I 'connect' with my PDA terminal program to BL2 with the s1 line 
uncommented in /etc/inittab I only get a blinking cursor with no
login prompt.

If I recomment out the line and init q, then (while the cursor
is blinking) type at a BL2 prompt:

/sbin/agetty  -L 19200 ttyS1 vt100 -l /bin/login

I get the login prompt.  Without the -l /bin/login I do not.

I think I tried putting -l /bin/login in /etc/inittab and it did not 
work, but I may have had the order of events wrong.  Anyway, it is more 
convenient to make a script to run instead of editing inittab every time I 
switch between terminal mode and pilot-link file transfer on ttyS1. (Mouse 
in ttyS0 - serial laptop trackball or maybe a trackpad which we will cut 
out of a broken ergonomic keyboard, having replaced the trackball mouse 
buttons with VCR buttons).


I still have problems.  The program which worked for telnet and ssh (mocha 
pocket telnet) does not appear to have a terminal mode.  I eventually got 
the Enter key working by changing NONE to LF. This program also had macros 
and I set F6 to Enter, too.

The pda terminal program is ptelnet 0.61 (by a Brazilian) with good 
instructions.  It can do a direct serial or IR connection (for dumb 
terminal operation) or telnet (but not ssh).  It has a keyboard with an 
Enter key (curled arrow) which does nothing.

Hardware buttons can be used to send up down left right and also
return (Memo Pad).

I should be able to send text by using Grafitti (writing in characters at 
screen bottom) or using the built-in keyboard.  Neither one puts any 
characters on the login screen when I tap DONE (in two other programs DONE 
copies the characters to the main screen and sends them to my BSD shell 
when I tap ENTER) so I cannot log in even if I can Enter with a hardware 
button or keyboard tap or Ctrl or Esc sequence or PF or macro.

It says if using UNIX and sh (or bash?) to set
TERM=vt100
(I think my agetty line already did that but I did it again)
and also to set the screen to the right size.

How do I set BL terminal to display 40 columns?

When telnetted this is adjusted automatically.  I may try telnetting to 
BL2 with inetd.  And also DOS kermit on the laptop again.

I may write the author.  Nice program if it works.

At least I should be able to log in from DOS Kermit now (via command line 
instead of inittab).  I learn a lot more when things don't work as 
expected.

Sindi