Mehmet:
> While not completely answering your question, my Compaq KVM nicely > handles this+situation of no keyb/mouse/video installed very nicely > (they're pretty expensive). While a KVM isn't the answer for you the > theory behind it is. > You may want to ask this question is aus.electronics as someone there > may know of a product or a kit that does this. > Jamie Honan demoed the his atmel keyb emulater, maybe this could be > extened to handle mouse and video, Jamie ?? Oh. Ah. Yes I'm awake. My eyes were just resting. I don't know too much about what doze requires, but most modern BIOS's will boot OK with "errors" - e.g. keyboards not plugged in. My AVR device will certainly emulate a keyboard: replying with the appropriate handshakes. Another way is to cut the electronics out of an old keyboard : usually the working bits are close to where the plug comes in. Without a monitor : maybe just plug a video card in? You could also try vmware, win4lin and wine. Because these use X11, they are a better bet for networking. ------------------------------------------ Apropos of nothing. Have you ever had to make up an application to application protocol? Maybe you've done things like bolt bits of xml, perhaps a bit of http-like stuff? A rather interesting looking set of rfc's now gives good guidance about making up your application to application protocol. Some useful code, a fair bit of explanation. Good provenance : Marshall Rose. Beep : block exchange extensible protocol. rfc's 3080, 3081 and 3117 http://beepcore.org "BEEP, the Application Protocol Framework BEEP is a turbocharger for Internet applications that offers advanced features such as: * a standard application layer that supports dynamic, pluggable application "profiles" (protocols) * peer-to-peer, client-server, or server-to-server capabilities * multiple channels over a single authenticated session * support for arbitrary MIME payloads, including XML * a standard layer for session management " Rose has a sense of humour, too. Jamie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
