[plug] [OT] TSR Built into BIOS

[Chris Caston]

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 14:18, Gavin Rogers wrote:
> At 23:31 26/03/2003 +0800, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm on a quest to build a cheap way of doing KVM over IP and would like
> >to know if anyone can help me with the following:
> >
> >I'm looking for a way to flash a bios so that input from a serial port
> >or RS-232 (or USB eth or anything!) gets redirected to the keyboard
> >buffer.
> 
> Easiest way to do this is to use a server motherboard. All the Intel server 
> boards I've used, as well as a few "we normally make workstation boards, 
> but this is a server board" miscellaneous manufacturers support redirecting 
> the console over the serial port in the BIOS... and it works exactly how 
> you describe.
> 


Is this for the machine to be remote admined? 

Most people use KVM over IP for servers but I'm planning do use it for
desktop support. I could plug in a Weasel card but I don't really want
to do that because I'd have to buy a card for each desktop machine.

(http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html)

I'm going to build a box that can be plugged into any machine. But at
the moment is looks like at the very least the desktop machine is going
to need TV out. Perhaps there is something that can grab standard video
card output (instead of it going to the monitor) but I am focusing on
getting the keyboard working for now.  

Thanks for your help and I appologise for not giving all the details. I
posted late last night you see.
> 

regards,

Chris Caston


> Regards,
> Gavin Rogers
> 
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