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From: john@iastate.edu (John Hascall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Central console support
Date: 3 Nov 1996 05:47:16 GMT
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Kevin Oberman             <oberman@es.net> wrote:
}dave@jhgate.carenet.org (Dave Stephens) writes:
}> I'm looking for a solution to allow multiple systems (VAX and/or
}> Alpha) to share a single console/keyboard. In our main datacenter,
}> there is a system called Cybex, I believe. This particular set-up is
}> for PCs, and I am told there is no provision for it to handle DEC
}> systems. So, does anyone know of a product that will let me run
}> several machines off one console?
}
}Digital has something called Polycenter Console Manager which is
}pretty good at the job. It's also pretty pricey.

    Or, for free, try:

      ftp://ftp.iastate.edu/pub/console/console.tar.Z

    we're running 115 consoles with it.

John
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