Subject: Re: Serial console?
To: Andy Ball <ball@cyberspace.org>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/25/2001 11:05:59
>One thing that appeals to me about Sun systems that I rarely see on
>PCs is the serial console option. For a PC's initial CMOS setup, and
>perhaps occasional tweaks, a display adaptor, monitor and keyboard
>have to be attached. Some will even refuse to boot without a display
>adaptor. :-(
>
>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.
check out
http://www.realweasel.com/
they have both isa and pci versions of the card.
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