>Thank you. This is sounding like it would fit for the situation. >Would you be so kind to elaborate a little on the 'dongle'. I am >understanding that you mean one of those resolution adapters of >some sort, ...but I'm not sure that I'm understanding you correctly. > >Also, I went looking to try to verify that my switchbox looks like >the brand you identified. I didn't see one on Dr Bott's site that >matched what I have, but I did find a picture in an old archive >(thanks to another lister) so that it is at least 'sight identifiable'. >FWIW, here is a picture of the exact switchbox model that I have. > >http://home.earthlink.net/~dandedigit/photosfolder/kvm.jpg
What you have there is the ORIGINAL Dr. Bott ADB-type KVM. The video is straight through, and unless your monitor is the defult, which is an Apple High Resolution RGB 14" monitor, you will likely have to provide a dongle for each computer, setting each dongle to your monitor's type. A "dingle" is a "word of art" which refers to an external device which is attached to a port, and through which the port's signals pass, perhaps some of them being modified. The specific type of dongle I was referring to is the type which converts a generalized 15-pin D-Sub from the default monitor type to another monitor type, usually through switching a number of sections of a DIP switch. Sometimes a rotary switch. This is necessary for each Mac to properly see the three "sense codes". N.B. The bottom of you KVM should have a glued-on label stating "Dr. Bott". The current Dr. Bott units have some kind of intelligence, and perhaps these don't need dongles. -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
