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<p>The release announcement is no longer available at its original location, switching to archive.org</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{notability|Products|date=February 2014}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;PC Weasel 2000&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; was a line of [[graphics cards]] designed by [[Middle Digital Incorporated]] (Herb Peyerl and Jonathan Levine) which output to a [[serial port]] instead of a [[Computer display|monitor]]. This allows [[Server (computing)|server]]s using [[Personal computer|PC hardware]] with conventional [[BIOS]]es or operating systems lacking serial capability to be administered remotely.<br /> <br /> The product was introduced in 1999 and began shipping January 20, 2000.<br /> <br /> [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] and [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] models are available. The PC Weasel is also connected to a [[PS/2 connector|PS/2]]-compatible keyboard port and effectively [[Video game console emulator|emulates]] a keyboard by converting characters obtained from the serial port to keyboard scancodes.<br /> The card may also be connected to the reset pins of the motherboard and reboot the machine on command.<br /> <br /> The PC Weasel is an [[open-source license|open-source]] product. Every purchaser of the board is granted a license for the card&#039;s onboard microcontroller. The [[microcode]], stored in [[flash memory]], is modifiable using a [[GNU Compiler Collection|gcc]]-based toolchain.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Lights out management]] (LOM)<br /> * [[Network Console on Acid]] (NCA)<br /> * [[coreboot]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110513121449/http://www.realweasel.com/ PC Weasel 2000] web site at [[Internet Archive|archive.org]]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071244/http://www.cuug.ab.ca/CUUGer/9909/PC_Weasel_released.html] release announcement at [[Internet Archive|archive.org]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Graphics cards]]<br /> [[Category:System administration]]<br /> [[Category:Out-of-band management]]</div>

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