27 Jun
2003
27 Jun
'03
12:56 p.m.
Can you toggle any line on any port (say one of the
handshake lines on
the serial port (RTS, DTR) or one of the lines on a parallel port)? If
so, you could use it to drive a transistor and then a relay..
This is pretty much the kind of think that I had in mind, I'm sure I could
build it, I'm just not sure how. At least the Sparc 5 I'm using has two
serial ports (one is the system console).
I've got to admit, I *REALLY* like Jay's idea of the APC Masterswitch,
unfortunatly they look to be a lot more than I'm wanting to spend :^(
Still, they would be *perfect*.
OTOH, your idea, coupled with the 16-port Serial box I've got for the
firewall could make an interesting setup. Eight ports for switches, eight
ports for console cables :^) Assuming of course my OS supports the box.
Zane