on 16/02/01 12:47, Kim Andersen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Apropos the recent discussion of KVM switches:
>
> Has anyone found a PC/Mac KVM that will support a programmable keys on a
> Mac mouse?
>
> I have a Mac user with a Logitech trackball and she has the buttons
> programmed to do special keystrokes. But when we plug her Mac keyboard and
> trackball and monitor into a switchbox (from Network Technologies) to share
> them with a PC, pressing the trackball buttons no longer produces the
> keystrokes - each button just produces a single standard click.
>
> So she has to have a separate PC keyboard and mouse on her desk for when
> she uses the PC. This is annoying. (The monitor is shared using a VGA A/B
> switch.)
>
> Has anyone had any luck getting these mice to work properly with KVMs?
I have a KVM switch from Dr. Bott (one of the sponsor). I'm using it to
share my Apple Pro Keyboard, a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer and my Apple
Studio Display between my Blue & White G3 and a dumb PC. The Intellimouse
works as if it was plugged in the keyboard which would be plugged directly
in the Mac. In other words, all 5 buttons, plus the wheel work as they did
before I got the switch. I haven't been able to test the mouse with the PC
because, even when the mouse is directly plugged in the PC, Windows is
unable to recognize it. The Microsoft support sent me a 3 pages step by step
instruction sheets to fix the problem, but I didn't feel like wasting all
this time to have the mouse working on the PC, that I don't use much often.
I've tried another switch before, but my mouse wasn't recognized. The Dr.
Bott switch works very well.
-Laurent.
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