[ILUG] Using linux as a multiport serial box

[Paul Jakma]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Wesley Darlington wrote:

> Now, apart from this lack of multiplexing, the system works rather well.

what about Xvnc, an X server that displays to vnc? (same way Xnest is 
an x server that as a client displays on another x server).

the way i understand it you could have lots of people, all with their 
own sessions, displaying remotely by vnc, on this single box by using 
vnc.

course, at this point your windows box is the 'vnc server', and 
probably isnt multi-user, and you still havnt found a good term 
programme for linux to make any of above relevant. :)

personally, i think minicom is pretty good. the admin can create 
multiple configs and give them names, so i can do:

	minicom router1
	minicom router2

and hey presto. it also takes of locking, has a 'help bar' at the 
bottom, and works a lot better if you start it with -m (then exit 
becomes meta+x rather than alt+z,x). color support is nice too, if 
the terminal you're using supports it too.

but you dont like minicom. :)

regards,
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