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Subject: Serial I/O.
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        Hello,
 
        I am trying to locate a motherboard that is capable of the
        following.  Would you know of any?  Any pointers?
        
        Know of any workarounds, please?

> ****************************************************************
> 1) No video card  required.
> 
> 2) The BIOS wakes up on the serial port and uses it for all
> communications. 
> 
> 3) The BIOS serial communications should require no fancy communications
> protocols, ie. we should be able to use a dumb terminal. 
> 
> 4) All (or at least the basic) BIOS setup functions should be available.
> 
> 5) Sending a BREAK (or perhaps a special character/escape sequence) should
> provide the same function as Ctrl-Alt-Del normally does (before, during,
> and after boot, if possible). 
> 
> 6) Access to the Unix boot loader through the serial port should also be
> available after the BIOS loads it.  This is needed to provide options to
> the kernel (eg. single user mode, device configuration mode, etc.)
> ******************************************************************
 
TIA,
Kedar.

Season's Greetings,
Kedar Rajadnya
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