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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:46:03 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Pete Mckenna <pmckenna@uswest.net>
To:        Andrew Heybey <ath@niksun.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: SMP nerd toy report
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990422154603.pmckenna@uswest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199904221642.MAA08575@stiegl.niksun.com>

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Yes 

Compaq has something called IRC on it's 1600 servers and probably others
Also Intel's N440BX and L440GX MB's are supposed to do this. I haven't been able
to get the Intel working yet but am getting some different hardware tomorrow.
We use it for the remote access ability to toggle floppies etc. It's nice when
it works.


On 22-Apr-99 Andrew Heybey wrote:
> One random question:  has anyone ever seen a BIOS that works over a
> serial line?  I'm perfectly happy with a serial console except that I
> have to drag the system within reach of a monitor if I want to change
> something in the BIOS.  Plus I have to waste a slot for a video card
> unless I also want to install that everytime I want to poke around in
> the BIOS.
> 

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E-Mail: Pete Mckenna <pmckenna@uswest.net>
Date: 22-Apr-99
Time: 15:39:47

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