matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>  wrote:
 > i wish i had the hardware to do this.  send me a few supported
 > multiport serial cards?  i just don't have the supported hardware
 > to have all my machines with serial console connected at the
 > same time, and this feature would be useful for the couple that
 > do not have soft power (ie, halt -p doesn't work.)

You can find Annex's, Portmasters, and that sort of thing for on
the order of $50 from ebay or the usual computer junk stores.