[ale] KVM switches

[James Sumners]

I am willing to sell a Belkin OmniView E Series 4-Port PS2 KVM (F1DB104P) with
two sets of cables for $65.00. Here is some information about it as I posted on
my forum (no one there evidently wants to buy it):

"I want to get a simple two port KVM switch because I am not using two of the
ports on this one and don't expect I ever will. Another reason that I want to
get a new switch is because the switch has a known problem switching to *nix
boxes running X and using a wheel mouse. I currently have two mice, one
keyboard, and one monitor as a result of this bug. If you do not use a wheel
mouse or are only using machines running Windows then the device works just
fine.

As I said, I am currently using it so you can be assured that it works. The
device does not require any power cords as it gets power through the keyboard
and mouse ports. There is a button on the device that will cycle through the
ports or you can double tap Scroll Lock then press either the up or down keys or
1 - 4 on the numeric row to select a port.

I am including two mouse cables, two keyboard cables, and two video cables (a
$30 - $40 value alone : I can not remember if they are 6' or 10' off the top of
my head) with this deal. The switch itself retails for $100; I am asking $65.00
for the whole package."

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:36:29 -0500
"Trey Sizemore" <trey at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> I know there was some discussion on this a while back, but I can't for
> the life of me find them or remember which month(s) they occured in the
> archives.  I've got 3 machines (p200, p2 400, and a p4 2.8GHz) that I
> would like to share keyboard, mouse, video (hence the KVM switch ;-))
> 
> I've not used one of these before, so I just wanted to know what to look
> for and what to look out for.  My current keyboard is PS/2, mouse is USB.
>  My P4 has both ports as does the P2.  The older Pentium 200 is socked
> away, so I can't remember if it has USB or not.  Should I get a KVM
> switch with PS/2 then, just to be safe?  I have the USB to PS/2 adapter
> that came with the mouse.
> 
> Also, is the switching done by hardware or software (and if software, are
> Linux systems supported well?)?
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.
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>   Trey Sizemore
>   trey at fastmail.fm
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