Re: auto switchers

Richard Fink ( rfink@worldpassage.net )
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 12:15:00 -0700

One question-

Can you stick a AT-PS/2 cable converter on either/both the keyboard or
mouse to connect this 6- port box to ps/2 keyboards and mouses ? And of
course I mean still get correct detection on reboot...

Or is it required to go for the 4 port version to do this successfully.

-Ric

At 08:46 6/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Richard Fink wrote:
>>
>> What did this little unit cost ?
>>
>> -Ric
>>
>> At 19:56 6/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> >I just purchased the Omniview 6 port AT switcher by belkin. Its a great
>> >product that allows me to have many computers on one montitor/kbd/mouse
>> >combination. However it has just one minor flaw. On the box it says "
>> >ctrl+alt+shift+[portnumber]+enter to change systems. This is incorrect.
>> >The correct sequence is ctrl+shift+alt {release} [portnumber] {release}
>> >{enter}.
>> >
>> >Don't know if this is useful to anyone, but I thought maybe some of you
>> >might run into the same thing.
>> >
>> >Troy
>> >Lemoore Computers and Internet Service
>> >http://www.lemoorecomputers.com
>> >TroyH@lemoorecomputers.com
>> >209-925-1577
>> >
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> For a 6-porter, we pay $249. A couple of other companies make
>one similar to the Belkin, but I wouldn't suggest them.
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am not the guy who wrote the
>letter, I just happened to be somebody else spoiled by 2 of the
>6-porters :)
> By the way, they are fully automatic, so if a computer reboots
>and the current viewing screen is a different machine, it won't give you
>any silly "no keyboard present" errors. It really was worth the money,
>especially since we freed up 11 monitors and 11 keyboards..
>
> Good Luck,
> Jason Hess
> Assistant Systems Administrator
> CIOE Corporation
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