Dumb question about Annex Terminal Server

In addition to what's already been mentioned about not having to connect a ton of serial ports directly to a machine, you also have the option of connecting to any machine on your local network. So a terminal server can do more than just allow a bunch of terminals to connect to *one* machine, they can connect to *any* machine on your local network. Usually this is done by having the terminal server act as a telnet/ssh client on behalf of the terminal and presenting a menu to the terminal when it first connects via modem. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://ComputerGraphicsMuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://LegalizeAdulthood.wordpress.com>