Re: [off-topic] Re: recommend kvm switch

["Martin P. Hellwig" <mhellwig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Emiel Kollof wrote:
> Op donderdag 1 december 2005 15:07, schreef Bob Bagwill:
> > In _My Perfect Computer World_, every computer would be required to have a
> > Universal Console Port, which only spoke the Universal Console Port
> > Protocol.  There would be only one physical connector design, the port
> > would always be hot-pluggable, no differing baud rates, parity, character
> > sets, terminal emulations, color maps, etc.  It would have access to the
> > system at the firmware level. The standards would be rigidly enforced.
>
> Such a standard exists. It's called... (wait for it) RS-232, as long as 
> everone sticks to 9k6-8-N-1 and uses vt100 terminal emulation.
>
> *ducks*
>
> [snip other good points ;) ]

LOL, we call that standard "trainee", not quite that fast or precise but 
they serve coffee when they come back from the server room ;-)

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