KVM

[chris]

>  Sounds similar to the Belkin Omniview (which I use---it was given to me by
>someone that no longer needed it).  I too am using a PS/2->AT adaptor for a
>few of the units with no problem, but the PS/2->serial mouse adaptors won't
>work through it---I've tried.  Well rather, what didn't work was:
>
>	PS/2 mouse -> KVM -> PS/2 cable -> serial adaptor -> computer
>
>  The unit I have also supports serial ports, so I suppose the following
>*may* work:
>
>	PS/2 mouse -> serial adaptor -> KVM -> serial cable -> computer
>
>  but I haven't tried that.

I have a 4 port one of those as well (in fact, the 8 port no name brand 
one was replacing my 4 port Belkin).

My Belkin supported PS/2 for Mouse/Keyboard and AT Keyboard and Serial 
Mouse. I could hook up any combination and it passed or adapted all the 
signals. Very nice unit. Worked pretty well, although I had some problems 
with it syncing to Windows NT 4 (I would have to wait about 30 seconds 
after switching to an NT machine before I could use the mouse, if I tried 
before waiting, it would just randomly bounce all over the screen 
clicking... I got myself into a couple of bad situations that way as it 
decided to click on the wrong thing).

I originally was looking on ebay for another of the 4 Port Belkin 
OmniView units I have, but all the used ones were going for close to, or 
even over the price of the 8 port no name one I got. And none of the 
Belkin ones had cables or the rack mount frame, which meant the final 
price would be even higher. So I gave the no name brand a try, and I've 
been very happy with it. The other nice thing is the Belkin took up 2.5 
rack spaces, which means if I got a 2nd one, I'd have lost a total of 5 
spaces to run 8 items. The no name brand is a 1u device so I saved quite 
a bit of rack space.

-chris
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