From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 02:47:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A5637B401 for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 02:47:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from puffin.mail.pas.earthlink.net (puffin.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C576943FA3 for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 02:47:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from user-38lc19i.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.5.50] helo=mindspring.com) by puffin.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19KEZX-0004je-00; Mon, 26 May 2003 02:47:15 -0700 Message-ID: <3ED1E174.1FF28676@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 02:42:12 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wilko Bulte References: <20030526041513.GP81874@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030526085938.GA70751@freebie.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a429612c4ced2c28b1149638ff68345c3a2601a10902912494350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: Will Andrews cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best serial console server construction method? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:47:19 -0000 Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 08:24:04AM +0200, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > You may want to check ebay (or its local ilk) for a serial terminal > > server. They are usually available there and in the 25-75 dollar range for > > a <16 port version. > > Yup, that should work. Say an old DECserver 700 or so. Works with > 'conserver' (in ports) just dandy. We run something like that at work > (albeit from Tru64) Be careful buying old DEC Servers, if you don't have a VMS or Tru64 box around; when they boot, they ask for their MOP_MOM. 8-). Basically, their firmware gets downloaded via MOP, and they need something to talk to them to be able to boot (MOP = Maintenance Operations Protocol). Cute little 68K boxes, those DECServers. I actually have some terminal servers that have ROMs in them, but they won't do you any good, now that XNS has been tossed in the Attic (they only talk XNS). -- Terry