From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 23 10:36:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27420 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:36:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hscmg02.hou.ucarb.com ([144.68.4.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27377 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:36:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from NguyenHM@ucarb.com) Received: by hscmg02.hou.ucarb.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:35:53 -0500 Message-ID: <332F90115D96D0119CD500805FEA976B016FFF66@HSCMS01> From: "Nguyen HM (Mike)" To: thz@tuebingen.netsurf.de, ada@bsd.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: PCVT's death Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:34:59 -0500 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Or just access the terminal servers over the network. We have it that way, so we can access any system's console from anywhere on the network (with a SecurID token). It's nice; our machines are all in WVA and I do not want to live in WVA, and with this arrangement, I don't have to. Mike. // Mike Nguyen // Unix Systems Analyst and Geek // Union Carbide Corporation * (281) 212-8073 // nguyenhm@ucarb.com * mikenguyen@sprintmail.com (personal) > ---------- > From: Ada[SMTP:ada@noether.lab.usyd.edu.au] > Reply To: ada@bsd.org > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 11:12 AM > To: thz@tuebingen.netsurf.de > Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: PCVT's death > > > This is all nice for a play station, but for "real work" we need a > good > > really working vt100 emulation. FreeBSD is getting too fat anyway. > > Ha! > > For real work, you should have a serial console hooked up to a > terminal > server hooked up to the serial ports of all your machines, each of > which > lives in a rack. > > Video cards are for X. Serial consoles are for console. > > -- > "It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to > have > learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no > human > being has been reported to have learned dolphinese." > -- Carl Sagan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message