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Date:      Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:49:15 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        mjacob@nas.nasa.gov
Cc:        Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>, Don <don@calis.BlackSun.org>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@sally.nas.nasa.gov>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: interesting quote from http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/FAQ.html#A1 
Message-ID:  <199810082049.NAA00528@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 12:07:07 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810081206130.10128-100000@remler.nas.nasa.gov> 

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> 
> > Does ARC run on a serial console, by the way?
> 
> I don't know. I'd like to point out that the original BIOS specification
> allowed for serial consoles. I doubt whether any have been implemented
> with that feature since 1983.

The quad Xeon Intel box we have here has serial BIOS support.  It uses 
ANSI colour sequences and works just fine in an xterm, even to the 
point that you can run the Adaptec BIOS setup over it.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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