28 Oct
2008
28 Oct
'08
4:50 p.m.
Steven Hirsch wrote:
It connects to all of the above. I've already heard from just about
everyone (thanks!) that the +5V keyboard power is what it's looking
for to activate the port in the first place. One of the things I want
to run through it is video from one of my Amigas, so it appears I'll
need to build up a little 5V supply with a keyboard connector that I
can use to fool that port (since the Amiga 1200 has its own keyboard
and mouse).
I would build a multi-headed cable with maybe say upto as many heads as
you might have non PC machines, then have one of them be a pass through
male-female plug. You'd connect your real keyboard to the pass through,
then the other heads would only get the GND and +5V. I don't think the
KVM draws power from the keyboard ports, it's probably only there as a
signal. You could of course hook them up to a real power supply.