Is there a virtual video driver out there?

[Walden H. Leverich]

Mike,

1) What if you DO have a problem on the PC during boot, how will you see it?

2) If you are deploying 6000 PCs per year I doubt you'd be paying $30 per
video card, I pay that in quantities of 1. 6000 should get you video at
10-12/card.
3) 6000 PCs w/o a screen??? What are you making? ATMs?
4) Assuming 99% uptime you'll still kill 60 PCs per year. Have fun opening
each PC to install a card so you can reboot and see if you still have the
problem. Maybe the problem only manifests itself after several hours of
uptime. If you had a video card you would simply plug in a monitor and see
what it says. Add up the costs to staff, fly, feed, train people to recover
PCs w/o video cards and you'll quickly hit your 60,000 savings. (I'm
assuming $10/card)
5) Remember, VNC only comes into play once the OS starts successfully. Any
problem starting the OS and you are screwed.

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: mike chaffee [mailto:mikechaffee "at" TrellisSoftware.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:04 AM
To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
Subject: Re: Is there a virtual video driver out there?


Based on all the responses, I assume the answer is no.  There is no virtual
video driver.

FYI for those who responded:
Yes, the server PC must be Windows.  I installed WinVNC to the server PC,
changed the BIOS settings, shut down the PC, removed the video card and
booted the PC.  Yes it booted and WinVNC was running.  I was able to
establish a connection, because the server asked for and accepted my
password.  After that, VNC client did nothing.  I assume there was an error
message dialog on the server, but obviously could not see it.

Also, I realize that video cards can be inexpensive, but even $30 when
multiplied across 6000 systems per year adds up quickly.

Mike Chaffee
vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list
to majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com
See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list
to majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com
See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------