Just put the video card back in. If you're not doing 3D you won't draw much power. 2D requires a lot less juice than the 3D modes, and I expect the console mode to use a lot less than an X session.
And there's no other way to manage the BIOS. Servers made to run headless have extra hardware to redirect BIOS access over the serial port. An old desktop can not do it.
I came across this old program of mine recently. When I first read about the algorithm, it was called a "Sierpinski Gasket". So I wrote it up in PostScript. On-screen, you can see the picture fade-in.
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Just put the video card back in. If you're not doing 3D you won't draw much power. 2D requires a lot less juice than the 3D modes, and I expect the console mode to use a lot less than an X session.
And there's no other way to manage the BIOS. Servers made to run headless have extra hardware to redirect BIOS access over the serial port. An old desktop can not do it.
I came across this old program of mine recently. When I first read about the algorithm, it was called a "Sierpinski Gasket". So I wrote it up in PostScript. On-screen, you can see the picture fade-in.
/x exch def /y exch def
/x1 exch def /y1 exch def /x2 exch def /y2 exch def
%!
%%Title: Sierpinski Gasket
%%CreationDate: 6-21-92
%%Creator: Seth Leichter
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
%%EndComments
%%BeginProlog
/R {rand 3 mod} def
/plot {
x y moveto
x y lineto
stroke
x y moveto
}def
/midpoint {
x2 x1 add 2 div
y2 y1 add 2 div
}def
%%EndProlog
/A {306 661}def
/B {0 131}def
/C {612 131}def
/gasket
{R dup
0 eq
{A currentpoint midpoint plot pop}
{1 eq
{B currentpoint midpoint plot}
{C currentpoint midpoint plot}ifelse
}ifelse
}def
1 setlinewidth
0 setgray
A moveto
100000 {gasket} repeat
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