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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRichard Louis Arndt, Robert Kimberlin Foster, Walter Manfred Lipp, Kerry Alan Lucas, Casey Lee McCreary, Bruce Mealey, Joshua Nathan Poimboeuf
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A method and system for providing a computer system having a plurality of logical partitions with a virtual terminal is disclosed. The computer system is coupled to an external display device through a single communications interface. The method and system include allowing the logical partitions to share the communications interface by multiplexing communications to the display device for each of the logical partitions over the communication interface. Windows are displayed on the display device for each of the logical partitions, and the communications from each of the logical partitions is then routed to the corresponding window for display on the display device.
A logical partition (LPAR) computer system including a plurality of logical partitions, each capable of running independently from the other logical partitions, comprising:
A method for providing a computer system having a plurality of logical partitions with a virtual terminal for displaying information from the logical partitions, the computer system coupled to an external display device through a single serial port, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing program instructions for providing a computer system having a plurality of logical partitions with a virtual terminal for displaying information from the logical partitions, the computer system coupled to an external display device through a single serial port, the program instructions for:
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