On Jul 13, 2006, at 1:00 PM, David McDowell wrote:
Your virtual machine idea is a keen one... though I don't "yet" have the resources for doing such... I will before the year is out. My only problem is location... it has a 9pin serial connection to the physical system it monitors... sounds like COM1 will work in the virtual machine scenario, but I won't have any hardware close enough to it that could do that and other things as well (so as not to waste the hardware). *sigh*
I'm not sure about the actual spec, but I know I've used some pretty long serial connections, somewhere up to a couple hundred feet long. Now, running a cable for that might be a PITA, though if you have cat5 run to that location they make cat5 to serial adapters... just make sure you don't plug the other end into your switch :) You could also use something small, like a VIA EPIA board if you are worried about wasting hardware.
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