[ale] video over serial

[Geoffrey]

Maybe I'm missing something.  Sounds like your typical serial 
connection.  This is the way UNIX used to be.  One computer with a bunch 
of dumb terminals connected to it via serial.  You can have a direct 
serial connection between the two computers, turn a getty on on that 
port and you've got login, it's that easy.

So, maybe it's too early (on Saturday), someone else tell me what I'm 
missing??

Joe wrote:
>>hey i dont know what it would be called (if it even exists) so im asking
>>here :) i was curious, say we had the right cable to hook a computers
>>video out (like inverted serial) to a serial port, could it be displayed
>>on a laptop with the right app? is there such an app? it would make my
>>life sooooooo easy if i could plug a laptop into a computer and have an
>>instant screen :).. well almost instant, and yet portable! reason i ask i
>>have an old p1 laptop thats collecting dust, i want to use it for a series
>>of thin clients, stuff like ssh connections to other computers, as a
>>moniter, that sorta thing... is it possible ? all it would be doing is
>>taking data in from serial and displaying it in a window in linux, atleast
>>it sounds simple... my guess is for some reason its not possible,... could
>>someone shed some light on this?
> 
> 
> You could install VNC <URL: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc> on both
> machines and use SLIP or PPP to set up an IP network via the serial
> ports. It might be a bit slow, though.
> 
> If all you need is a text shell (eg telnet), then PPP-over-RS232
> would be a fine solution.
> 
> Adapting a video output to a serial port is not possible (or
> not sensible, anyway) - the video output is nothing like
> ASCII text.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- Joe
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