[Gllug] Gun for hire? RAQ needs fixing...

[Tethys]

Alistair Mann writes:

>But why serial? There should be a spare keyboard and monitor hanging
>around at competent centers (certainly, Telehouse offers same.)

The RaQ is desiged as a server, to exist in a remote hosting centre.
Like any good server, it has no need for a keyboard or monitor, and
in fact, I don't think it even has ports for them anyway. You need
to be able to remotely manage it, and for that, you need a serial
console. If it supported a screen/keyboard, then you'd need some kind
of IP addressable KVM, which are a) expensive, and b) KVMs, and hence
they don't work well. It's better to just not go there. Stick with a
serial port (ideally going into a terminal server).

Tet

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