Editing PC Weasel 2000

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'''''PC Weasel 2000''''' 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.

The product was introduced in 1999 and began shipping January 20, 2000.

[[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.
The card may also be connected to the reset pins of the motherboard and reboot the machine on command.

The PC Weasel is an [[open-source license|open-source]] product. Every purchaser of the board is granted a license for the card's onboard microcontroller. The [[microcode]], stored in [[flash memory]], is modifiable using a [[GNU Compiler Collection|gcc]]-based toolchain.

==See also==
* [[Lights out management]] (LOM)
* [[Network Console on Acid]] (NCA)
* [[coreboot]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110513121449/http://www.realweasel.com/ PC Weasel 2000] web site at [[Internet Archive|archive.org]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071244/http://www.cuug.ab.ca/CUUGer/9909/PC_Weasel_released.html] release announcement at [[Internet Archive|archive.org]]

[[Category:Graphics cards]]
[[Category:System administration]]
[[Category:Out-of-band management]]