On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Peter Turnbull wrote:
> Although they're called "terminal servers", most -- including all the ones
> I've mentioned -- can be configured so you telnet in to them and make a
> serial connection out to one of the serial ports, which looks to the
> machine it's connected to as if a serial terminal has connected to it. On
This can also be done with a Linux box (a homebrew terminal server).
Multi-port serial cards can be found for very reasonable prices.
I'm sure there's a package that someone's already written to do this too.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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