[ale] video over serial

[Joe]

> 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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