[ale] OT: Can anyone recommend a KVM switch?

[DJPfulio at jdpfu.com]

My last IBM 101M keyboard has a few keys broke that won't come back. Picked up a cheap Logitech 845 wired keyboard, forgetting that mice and keyboards are USB these days. All of mine have been using ps2 ports the last ... er ... 20+ yrs.

I have a USB-2-ps2 adapter, but it doesn't seem to work with the KVM. Tried it with both the Logitech and a few other devices. All are known to work, I've just never used them with the KVM.

Have a Belkin OmniCUBE 4-port KVM switch here that needs to be replaced. The Belkin is VGA + ps2 only, but has been solid and supports 1920x1200p resolutions without a problem.

I've been spoiled. Devices tend to work forever (15+ yrs) around here. The Belkin still works, BTW. I did have to buy an active adapter to get the nVidia 1030 (a GPU I didn't actually want to buy, but was forced into) to support VGA.

So, I've been looking at 4-port 4K HDMI + USB KVM switches.  There seem to be the cheap ones which are $30-$150, with complaints that the USB devices get disconnected with every change to a different computer. They don't keep the keyboard/mice connections alive when on another box. Also, most of the clearly non-fake reviews complain about dead ports in a few weeks to 6 months.

What are you good people using?

Has anyone tried the PiKVM-Switch? https://pikvm.org/ This is an IP switch with support for fully remote management like a DRAC or IPMI tool, just with constantly patched, no Java, no ActiveX, dependency problems.  They planned to sell it for under $100, but that seems to have gotten raise to $150 by the places carrying the "hat" for a pi. I think the r-pi v4 is separate. This is just for the "hat".

Different subject ... anyone need a bunch of ps2 (keyboard/mouse) cables?