[off-topic] Re: recommend kvm switch

[Emiel Kollof]

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 ;) ]

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