On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
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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Thanks for all the feedback!, I bought one from Mr. Stierman and I'm
excited to see how it works! Jeff
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