On 28 Jun 2025 13:08:49 -0700, Peter wrote in message
<20250628200854.1E6C62282DE@???>:

> P.s.
>

> From:    Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???>
> Date:    Mon, 23 Jun 2025 02:22:07 +0200
> > serial console to another pc?  

>
> Haven't found a serial port in this machine.
>
> I/O ports
> 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo
> 2x FireWire 400
> 1x Floppy interface
> 1x PS/2 keyboard
> 1x PS/2 mouse1x RJ-45 LAN
> 1x S/PDIF
> 6x SATA II
> 12x USB 2.0

..perfect, use an usb serial port adapter, if needed.
If things get really ugly, a second separate adapter
to capture logs on how things fail.

> 1x VGA

..a 3'rd VGA, on the main board?

..this too is dark with both the radeon and the SCSI cards?

>
> card Expansion slots
> 1x 32-bit PCI
> 2x PCIe x1
> 1x PCIe x16

..no network port on the main board?

..if it has usb 2.0, it's new enough to be able to boot off
both any of those usb 2.0 ports, and off a pxe boot server.

> If someone knows how to use S/PDIF as a serial port, please give a
> hint.
>
> Otherwise install a PCIe serial adapter card. Eg.
> https://www.temu.com/ca/-pci-e-to-422-485-serial-converter-supports-300bps-921-6kbps-multiple-data-bits-stop-bits--protection-g-601099695222306.html

..this url fails here, requires Chinese espionage
style "Security Verification."
Use an usb serial port adapter instead, if needed.

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.