4 Jul
2005
4 Jul
'05
3:31 a.m.
Sounds similar to the Belkin Omniview (which I
use---it was given to me by
someone that no longer needed it). I too am using a PS/2->AT adaptor for a
few of the units with no problem, but the PS/2->serial mouse adaptors won't
work through it---I've tried. Well rather, what didn't work was:
PS/2 mouse -> KVM -> PS/2 cable -> serial adaptor -> computer
The unit I have also supports serial ports, so I suppose the following
*may* work:
PS/2 mouse -> serial adaptor -> KVM -> serial cable -> computer
but I haven't tried that.
I have a 4 port one of those as well (in fact, the 8 port no name brand
one was replacing my 4 port Belkin).
My Belkin supported PS/2 for Mouse/Keyboard and AT Keyboard and Serial
Mouse. I could hook up any combination and it passed or adapted all the
signals. Very nice unit. Worked pretty well, although I had some problems
with it syncing to Windows NT 4 (I would have to wait about 30 seconds
after switching to an NT machine before I could use the mouse, if I tried
before waiting, it would just randomly bounce all over the screen
clicking... I got myself into a couple of bad situations that way as it
decided to click on the wrong thing).
I originally was looking on ebay for another of the 4 Port Belkin
OmniView units I have, but all the used ones were going for close to, or
even over the price of the 8 port no name one I got. And none of the
Belkin ones had cables or the rack mount frame, which meant the final
price would be even higher. So I gave the no name brand a try, and I've
been very happy with it. The other nice thing is the Belkin took up 2.5
rack spaces, which means if I got a 2nd one, I'd have lost a total of 5
spaces to run 8 items. The no name brand is a 1u device so I saved quite
a bit of rack space.
-chris
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