Re: Mapping BIOS interface from VGA to serial

From: Joe Beanfish (joebeanfish_at_nospam.duh)
Date: 08/04/03 

Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:24:36 -0400

Jack Patteeuw wrote:
> I know most new Intel "servers" can map their BIOS output to COM1 and
> after Linux is loaded re-directing its output to COM1 is not a big deal.
>
> Here is my question. Can anyone recommend a VGA "simulator" board with
> a serial connection that maps VGA screen sequences to VT100 so we can
> continue to use our current setup with older and/or "non-server" Intel
> hardware ?

There was a discussion about this on comp.os.linux.hardware a while
back. There is a card that does what you want. Look it up on
groups.google.com

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