Why not just get a serial port concentrator? Cyclades has a bunch of options, from 1 to 48 serial ports with an ethernet port hanging off the other end. They even run Linux.
-Mark On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 02:29:30PM -0400, a.w.gaunt wrote: > > I'm thinking of using it as a headless and diskless "black box" that > one could co-locate with a larger server (like a SUN with a tty console) > and literally attach it to the back with a piece of velcro. It would be > attached to both a network and the larger server's console via its > serial port. It would then be used to provide remote access during > crisis situation and very possibly some kind of console > monitoring/logging function. > > When we get one to boot, all the rest boot for the price of the box > plus the cost of adding a DHCP record. > > -Andy > > On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:32 pm, Jon Hall wrote: > > They tell you on the page "don't forget to order a keyboard and a > > mouse".... > > > > ...seems to me a monitor might also be a nice purchase, unless you wish > > to use it as a diskless node in a Beowulf. > > > > md > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
