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Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 13:38:38 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Best serial console server construction method?
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On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 02:42:12AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> 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 rang=
e for
> > > a <16 port version.
> >=20
> > 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)
>=20
> 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

No they don'=00 (have to).

Just install a PCMCIA sized flashcard with firmware and they will
never bother you again. TCP/IP is all you need to talk to them from
there on.

--=20
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