However, what you can't use is an S-video
switchbox as a cheapo KM switch.
So here's today's trivia question: when I did this, the system kept acting
like I was pressing the power button. :)
I'll make a guess at this... The S-video conenctor has 2 ground pins,
which are normally strapped together inside devices like switchboxes. I
am assuming that on the ADB conenctor, one is ground, the other is the
power-on line. So when you connect ths ADB cable to n S-video switchbox,,
you get the power-on pin groudned al lthe time.
Yeah, ADB had 4 pins in a Mini-DIN (exact same connector as standard
S-Video): +5v, ground, serial and power-switch. The keyboard's power key is
hard-wired to pull down the power switch pin. S-Video has two video signals
and a signal ground, so I guess the switch-box grounded those instead of
tying them to the input (or opening the circuit when deselected).
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