[BRLTTY] [ot] Systems with BIOS-level serial console support

[Samuel Thibault]

Hi,

Jason White, le Sun 21 Aug 2005 13:42:00 +1000, a écrit :
> Now for the question: is there any interesting hardware I should look at
> that offers serial console support at the BIOS level?

Sparc systems used to be fully controlled via serial interfaces. Maybe
new sun hard can too.

> I'm not aware of any PC BIOS that supports this, though it is
> reputedly common in Unix machines.

I'm not either :( (Except industry-oriented servers I guess).

> I predict given these developments that it won't be long before
> systems emerge in which BRLTTY could be embedded in the BIOS.

Well, there was some discussion about things like this at the
Accesibility FSG meeting held in January, see www.a11y.org.

Regards,
Samuel