From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com@nanog.org Mon Feb 20 09:40:44 2012 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:34:58 -0500 (EST) From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org> To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote:
At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart.
Then I fixed something while they were still looking for USB-Serial, etc.
Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless machines in colos that would give you keyboard, video & mouse. i.e. a folding netbook shaped VGA monitor with USB keyboard and touchpad. I know there are folding rackmount versions of this (i.e. from Dell), but I want something far more portable. Twice in the past month, I'd had to drive 100+ miles to a remote colo and took a full size flat panel monitor and keyboard with me. Has anyone actually built this yet?
You might want to look at "Lilliput Computer" offerings <http://www.lilliputweb.net> Add an "Adesso Flexible compact keyboard" <http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&cid=6658121900308964173> And you're in the 'in a briefcase, or a backpack' range, and nearly in the 'in a coat pocket' range. Not _exactly_ what you asked for -- it's two pieces, not one -- but close.