>> I'm trying to track down a card I once saw which replaces the video card
>> and converts vga to serial. I.E the box thinks you've got a vga graphics
>> card but the output goes to a serial line which you've conveniently
>> connected to a terminal server.
>
>err.. linux can do console-over-serial anyway (you can remove the
>graphics card altogether)
But the advantage of the realweasel is that BIOS output also goes to the
serial port. With the Linux serial console you only see the messages
after the machine has booted. In other words with realweasal you can
do things like reboot and change the CMOS settings from the serial
line. That's why realweasel was invented. It's something Sun boxes have
been able to do for a long time (this bit is to please Rachel :-).
Also some BIOSes object if they can't find a graphics card so it's not
true you can always remove the card altogether.
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