[ale] video over serial

[Mike Panetta]

I think he wants a graphical display...  Thats my assumption atleast...

Thats not very easy over serial...  I wont say its impossible, but X
over serial wont be very fast....


Mike

On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 06:09, Geoffrey wrote:
> 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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