Id suggest running DOS on the soekris box, with a serial console (the soekris bios might do this for you.. not sure) and a second serial port (connected to whatever it is). Running a telnet server would make it easy to remotely access the software, though security could be an issue.
Another way to go about this is to use either a DOS emulator or run DOS in a virtual machine (might be possible on the soekris, but might work for your use). This presents less of a security issue, but (possibly) more of a stability issue. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Karl Fife <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a dos-based industrial control application that we want to migrate > from a 'real' dos workstation to something like a network-attached virtual > dos workstation. One objective is to make it administrable via browser from > anywhere on the network rather than by physically walking up to its console. > We would like to have the DOS instance hosted on a high-availability fanless > solid state host like the NET5501's we use elsewhere. The only industrial > control I/O required is a serial port. > > Has anyone done or seen anything like this on Soekris? Any projects I > should be looking at? Is Soekris the wrong fit? I've looked at Mini-ITX > type solutions. I considered building up a 'headed' ITX unit with a > wear-leveling SLC SDD, and simply sticking a KVMoIP device to it. Not > exactly elegant. We're not particularly cost sensitive. There's an > important industrial process riding on this two-bit DOS pc. > > Ideas? Experiences? > Thanks! > -Karl > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?": "who shall watch the watchers themselves?" - Juvenal _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
