KVM
Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner
spc at conman.org
Wed Jul 6 12:22:21 CDT 2005
It was thus said that the Great gordonjcp at gjcp.net once stated:
>
> > It was thus said that the Great chris once stated:
>
> > 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
> >
>
> You must use a PS/2 mouse that actually came with a serial adaptor. Just
> any PS/2 mouse won't work. What happens is that the mouse detects on
> power-up whether or not it's plugged into a PS/2 port or a serial adaptor,
> and then starts sending stuff out in the appropriate mode.
I used one of those. In fact, it's still in use, just plugged directly
into the computer instead of through the KVM.
-spc (Are Cobalt RaQs on topic yet?)
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