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Re: Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP

From: Todd Vierling <tv () duh org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:03:49 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)


On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Joseph S D Yao wrote:

If you want console access whether up or down, and are willing to settle
for serial console access, Cyclades has stackable boxes with 48 ports
each, and there exist cards ("PC Weasel", <http://www.realweasel.com/>)
that allow you to work with PC systems whether they are up or down, as
if on the video console.


I'd second the notion on the PC Weasel.  I know the guy who designed them
(hpeyerl), and they were designed from the start to be indistinguishable to
the OS from textmode VGA cards and PS2 keyboards.  The redraw algorithm is
smart, along the lines of "screen" -- some serial BIOS support I've seen is
far too full-screen-redraw happy (<cough>Dell<choke>).

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-- Todd Vierling <tv () duh org> <tv () pobox com> <todd () vierling name>

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Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP Drew Weaver (Jul 20)
- Re: Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP alex (Jul 20)
- Re: Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP Joel Jaeggli (Jul 20)
- Re: Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP Joseph S D Yao (Jul 20)
  - Re: Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP Todd Vierling (Jul 20)
    - RE: Is there a "alternative" way of doing kvm-over-IP Neil J. McRae (Jul 21)