Jeffrey Engle wrote:
Curious, does the kvm require that the mouse (wired) be plugged into it
directly? or can it be plugged into the keyboard as usual. Jeff
The simple, button controlled switch just needs to have a connection to
the USB port on at least one running computer. It uses this to power
the switch. It doesn't matter whether there is any mice or keyboards
plugged in to it.
The other one, the one that uses the keyboard to switch ports doesn't
care about the mouse, it can be plugged into the keyboard the port on
the switch or into the computer directly. It does require that the
keyboard be plugged into a specific port on the switch.
On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I've been looking at some cheap KVM switches on ebay, will they work?
or do I need a "mac compatible" version $$$? Jeff
There are no Mac compatible versions. For the most part they should
be platform independent.
One that I have has a single button that switches between computers.
It is a little weird in that sometimes it skips one computer but the
next pass around it selects it.
The other one does have a slight platform dependency. It uses the
keyboard to switch between computers. By default it uses a key on the
keyboard that isn't on Mac keyboards. But there is a key sequence you
can send that changes the activation key.
Both of these switch the VGA and USB. I also have some mechanical
switches that only switch the VGA. I have had a problem with these
where the video suffers some degradation due to the wiring in the
switch and the actual switch. On the electronic switches I haven't
seen any signal degradation.
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