> > The more I think about this, the more I like the rs-232 solution. > > What precisely do you think you're going to do with the RS232 on there > anyhow?
The same thing some members of the list propose doing with a big heavy fuzzy multisync monitor. Use a utility to program the video mode into the nvram on the OGC board. > We're not going to add a microcontroller to the board. Do > you expect BIOS code to take over and present a configuration tool via > serial? I was thinking the configuration tool would be a Unix utility? > Where are you going to get a terminal? Me? I'm typing on a terminal that has a rs-232 port on it right now. (and an Ethernet port and guess what type of monitor) Sitting next to it is another terminal with rs-232 port and Ethernet port and, well, you know the rest. Both rs-232 ports have cables going off to the noisy machine room and connected to console ports on computers. Let's see... <click on serial port window> yep, that machine is running okay. Oh, and for the record, none of this equipment came from the dumpster. And none of it contains an x86 chip. But you don't have to have a terminal with a rs-232 port. You could have a laptop with a native rs-232 port, or a USB port and a USB to rs-232 adapter and a terminal emulator program, typically called cu or tip. You could use one of the little Ethernet to rs-232 boxes typically used as printer servers. Telnet into it, connect to the rs-232 port. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
