Article 158423 of comp.os.vms: Path: nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lead.zk3.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decwrl!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!john 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 Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <55hbl4$kfh@news.iastate.edu> References: <558gs7$ir8@news.starnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pooh.cc.iastate.edu Xref: nntpd.lkg.dec.com comp.os.vms:158423 comp.sys.dec:45362 Kevin Oberman 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 -- John Hascall, Software Engr. Shut up, be happy. The conveniences you ISU Computation Center demanded are now mandatory. -Jello Biafra john@iastate.edu http://www.cc.iastate.edu/staff/systems/john/welcome.html <-- the usual crud