[plug] laptop screen/keyboard/mouse 2 control the server?

[Brad Campbell]

bob wrote:

> This might be part of the answer you're looking for
> 
> http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html
> 
> "The PC Weasel provides the answer by emulating a video board and keyboard 
> and presenting a serial port to the outside world. Plugged into an 
> available ISA or PCI slot, it takes the characters written by your CPU into 
> its "video" memory and pumps them out its onboard RS-232 port. Characters 
> input by you into the RS-232 port are converted into keyboard scan codes 
> and presented to the motherboard's keyboard connector."
> 
> Once booted you should be able to network X (as mentioned in other posts to 
> this thread)

That is an incredibly useful bit of kit!
Incorporate that with a little RS232<->TCP/IP converter that allows you to telnet into the serial 
port and you have a way cool little remote admin tool, just perfect for those remote systems that 
you need to be able to debug down to the level of almost being there.
I especially like the POST result value recall and on-board WDT.

I just wish I had the job to justify purchasing one to play with :p)

Regards,
Brad