Date: 09 Aug 2002 00:05:11 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <H@Schmalzbauer.de> To: Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB-Console, is it brain-damaged? Message-ID: <1028844312.29407.113.camel@obst> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.43.0208081441400.3593-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.43.0208081441400.3593-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net>
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Am Do, 2002-08-08 um 23.46 schrieb Kevin Stevens: > On 8 Aug 2002, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: >=20 > > Hello all, > > > > I'm wondering if anybody has ever thought about a "USB-Console". > > Currently I have the problem that my laptop doesn't have any RS232 and > > my servers (and switches etc.) are headless. Now I wanted to purchase a > > RS232 to BlueTooth adapter (BT is the thing my laptop has built-in) but > > even if I agreed with that horrible prices nobody can deliver such a > > product. > > Then I decided to by a RS232 to USB cable which brought me to that idea= . > > > > Since I'm a really fastidiuos (well, thats what the dictionary said) >=20 > I'll bet it didn't. Hmmm, have a look at http://dict.leo.org and enter "fastidious" or "verw=F6hnt" >=20 > > newbie UNIX-user (since four years) I don't really know much about > > "terminals" and the underlaying serial idea (esp. VTxxx). I know serial > > transmissions in all (un-/modulated) kinds quiet well, in fact 10 years > > ago I constructed some converters for rs232 to centronics, but just fro= m > > the hard wire (or the HF/RF carrier)! > > > > Since I always wanted to start learning C and I'm still fascinated like > > a child when I can control some RS/6000 with my HP Jornada (via RS232!) > > I think this would be a funny project. > > > > Please correct me, > > > > -Harry >=20 > Ok, I'll correct you. This list is for freebsd-QUESTIONS. Your post > wasn't about freebsd and didn't contain a question. Correct, (exeptec the freebsd claim, I meant freebsd) but considering -stable -current and -hackers I decided to ask here first, perhaps some others have the same problem.=20 >=20 > If you're trying to say that you want to run serial console connections > directly over USB, it would require some hacking to get the tty/vtys to > listen to that device. Doable, but probably not nearly as useful as the > hardware USB-serial converter you already have. It's an opinion. I don't share that. Thats why I asked on QUESTIONS. Perhaps I should have gone to CHAT Sorry for that, -Harry >=20 > KeS >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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