Hi,

>I would be interested in hearing about potential NetBSD/i386 systems
>that support a serial console.  I have a vague recollection that the
>Intel Panther (re-badged by quite a few people) supported it, and I
>wouldn't be surprised to learn that some DEC machines did.  Perhaps
>embedded 386 boards (PC/104 etc) do.

I have a Supermicro 370DLE that (it claims so) can be controlled on 
BIOS level through a serial port (have not tested it until now). I 
got no response from either the Bios or board manufacturer if other 
models support this too. 

HTH

mike