Hi, It's already done in Europe ... ;-)
http://www.axel.com/focus/vnc_e.html CU . \)|(/ . (o o) . /-----------------ooO----(_)----Ooo-----------------\ .(_| Francis VIVAT | . | CETP-CNRS | . | 10-12, avenue de l'Europe 78140 Velizy | . | Tel : +33 1 3925 4780 | . | Fax : +33 1 3925 4922 |_ . | E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ) . \---------------------------------------------------/ . (_) (_) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Simon Hobson > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Hardware Version of VNC? > > > Lee Allen wrote: > >> Is there any way to create a hardware version of the VNC Server > >> program? You connect some little box to the keyboard, mouse, and > >> monitor port of a machine, connect it to an ehternet port, > assign it > >> an IP address, and use the standard viewer control the PC > through all > >> stages of operation, from pre-POST through shutdown / restart? > > > >There are devices like this available. BlackBox sells one: > they call it > >the ServLINK, it lists for $6495.00 (no, that's not a typo). It > >apparently requires thair ServSwitch KVM switch (Keyboard / Video / > >Mouse switch) (also not cheap) so you can use it to control many > >systems. > > There is also an 8port switch unit that does this, but it > uses proprietry software and so has limited client support > (Win NT ?) - it's also expensive (around 8,000 UKpound IIRC). > > Possibly more useful, and easier to build I suspect, would be > a video card (just a basic PCI video card with no frills) > with on-board processor to do the VNC stuff. If the card used > a basic and common video chip then this should avoid problems > with drivers, and in theory the VNC processor should be able > to read the video data directly from the on-board memory. The > biggest issue of course is that many potential users may not > be able (ie allowed for administrative rather than technical > reasons) to change the video card in their server(s). Could > the neccessary hardware hooks be derived from the VGA feature > connector (that used to be) common on video cards ? > > Simon > > - > Simon Hobson, Technical Services Engineer > Colony Gift Corporation Limited > Lindal in Furness, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0LD > Tel 01229 461100, Fax 01229 461101 > > Registered in England No. 1499611 > Regd. Office : 100 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6JA. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.htm> l > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
