[rescue] FDDI card

Brian Hechinger wonko at arkham.ws
Mon Feb 25 03:12:16 CST 2002


On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:08:07PM +1300, Kenneth Dunn wrote:
>  
> > 3) That whole keyboard & monitor thing.  Sun/Alpha/SGI/etc machines all
> > have BUILT-IN serial consoles.  The closest thing you can get to a true
> > serial console on a PeeCee is the PC Weasel, but all that really does is
> > emulate the monitor & keyboard...turns it into a serial stream.
> 
> If you're not accustomed to serial consoles then it is a non-issue.

actually, if someone thinks that GUI consoles are the best way to deal with
SERVERS then it's obvious that not only are they not accustomed to serial
consoles, they don't know any better.  GUI consoles are LUDICROUS.

-brian

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