[ale] OT: KVM Switches?

[Christopher Fowler]

I have the el cheapo Belkins.  I've found out that if I hit the  Pls/Brk
instead of Scrlck to change the port that it will lock.  I have to unplg
the cables to get it to work again.

On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 18:06, Stephen Leonard wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:04:35PM -0400, John Cole wrote:
> > Howdy!
> > 
> > My only problem with Belkin KVM's is that I have an 8 port Omniview for
> > home.  It's a few years old.  I've had many instances where if you move the
> > mouse or accidentaly touch keys while switching between ports it will freeze
> > up that particular port and sometimes all of the ports.  I've not had the
> > best of luck getting it to work again without powering down all of my
> > equipment (including KVM) and bringing it all back up again.  Is this normal
> > or just me?
> 
> I also have an 8 port Omniview that freezes occaisionally when I switch
> ports, however I can usually recover by hitting the escape key a few
> times.  I think the 'bank/scan' and 'channel' buttons on the switch
> are very annoying to use because they stick sometimes.  Plus, the
> video display is degraded for me, which is tough to deal with when
> staring at it for eight hours or so.
> 
> stephen
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