[clue-tech] Strange hardware thought

[mike havlicek]

--- On Thu, 9/4/08, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:

> From: David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Strange hardware thought
> To: "CLUE tech" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 6:52 PM
> Nate Duehr wrote:
> > I've been saying for many years now that the
> Panasonic ToughBook or 
> > similar "high end" line of "tech
> support/field-engineering" types of 
> > laptops should just build a hardware switch into them
> (and appropriate 
> > hardware plugs, dongles, whatever they had to do), to
> allow plugging a 
> > LAPTOP in as a self-powered monitor and keyboard for
> doing maintenance 
> > on-site.
> 
> So maybe there's a market for that.  Until you want to
> take a screen 
> shot and email it somewhere.  Then you wish you had a
> window showing 
> your server console.  I'd be perfectly happy with a
> window display vs 
> the added cost of hardware.
> 
> I suppose IP KVMs are sort of wire in place, not a 1 port
> thing you 
> carry around.  But I'd rather have IP than USB.  Wait! 
> How about bluetooth?
> 
> Dave
> 
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Wait, how about when the system you are interfacing is so screwed up that
these enhanced features like TCP/IP networking are not functioning?

-Mike