[OT] USB KVM switches

[Tom Jennings]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Eric Smith wrote:

> Belkin Omniview SOHO F1DS104T?  That's the exact Belkin model I have that
> tends to forget when shift or control are held down.  :-(
>
> I'm using it with one PC running Linux, and one Mac running OS X.  Using
> it with a Mac is the only thing even slightly unusual about the setup,
> but Belkin claims that it works with Macs (and with Linux on PCs).


I've got a little Belkin attached to the consoles of some remote
servers, where  it is "good enough". Mixed linux and peecee. No
keyboard problems, but the video quality sucks, though good enough for
a system console.

For our low-cost home-made media room (UCI) I ended up buying a
$1500 VGA and audio matrix switch. No more video image quality
problems. It's a 3 x 4 matrix, a serial command interface, that
we've cobbled up a MAX interface for.


Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com>