@(#)README	1.8 10/13/98

          DINC - Direct INstant Connect utility
          Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Digi International, All Rights Reserved
          Authored by Dennis Cronin
          Maintained by Jeff Randall (randall@cd.com)
          Use, modify, and redistribute freely but give
          credit where due.  See COPYRIGHT file for more info.


NOTE: This source may not be configured to compile under any specific
      operating system.  Edit the Makefile as necessary to match your
      OS.


Dinc Release Notes R1.005

  - Documentation updated to reflect the July 1998 acquisition of
    Central Data by Digi International.

  - Support added for SCO


Dinc Release Notes R1.004

 - Support added for additional baudrates (incl 230400 and 460800)


Dinc Release Notes R1.003

 - Support added for Linux


Dinc Release Notes R1.002

 - Support added for Irix 5.x and HP-UX 9.x and 10.x (on both 700 and
   800 series machines)

 - Restructured the hardware dependant functions into one separate
   file.

 - Added 'do not initialize' command line flag to open the port in
   'native' mode and leave it without dinc resetting any of the
   paramaters.



Dinc Release Notes R1.001

This utility is a cu-like or tip-like Unix connectivity tool that is
extremely simple to use and requires no setup files.  Line settings
and modem signals can be changed actively while online.

It's focus is not to replace those other tools, but to provide
something very simple and immediately usable on a serial port without
requiring a bunch of setup or installation.

It does implement standard port locking protocols so that it can be
used in a multiuser environment in conjunction with cu, tip, uucp, and
friends.

Dinc also directly supports baud rates higher than 38400 on Digi
International (formerly Central Data) hardware.  Other manufacturers
are invited to provide support as well.  The official release version
of Dinc will be maintained and supported by me (Dennis Cronin).
Contact me if you make changes or additions you think might be
generally beneficial.

This release currently supports SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x operating
systems.  It has been ported to a number of other Unix platforms but
I'm not quite ready to provide a release for all of them yet.