[geeks] How low can you go...

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Francois Dion <francois.dion at gmail.com>
>Date: 2007/03/16 Fri PM 02:56:27 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] How low can you go...

>On 3/16/07, Jochen Kunz <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de> wrote:
>> > And also what do you use it for?
>> Serial terminal. It is a bit more handy then the VT520. (A real VT520 in
>> my case of course.) I'll add ssh capabilities once I can get my fingers
>> on a PCMCIA network card.
>
>I have a Zenith mastersport (386 sx?) laptop with grayscale screen.
>Good old Dos/telix. Perfect match for my E5500. I mounted a bracket in
>the door, and I put a folding chair between the E5500 and wall. Out of
>sight when not in use, if I need to get on the console/OBP, I swing
>the E5500 door open (actually an E5000 cabinet, the E5000 was upgraded
>to all the E5500 bits), lock the laptop support and pull the chair
>out, and voila, instant console a la E10000. Much cheaper than an LCD
>vt terminal and more practical than a CRT terminal...

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Which raises an interesting question - my Netra has a serial console line 
running to a PC server serial port. When the PC server reboots, it seems to 
bring down the Netra - is this normal? How do I avoid this?

Thanks,

Lionel