--- Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: Someone else asked: Sounds similar to hooking classic SPARC gear to a KVM. For _that_, Sun sells one of the cheaper units (surprise, surprise), but it is, IIRC, $75. With sufficient magic, one microcontroller ought to be able to convert PS/2 to LK201 protocol. The Atmel 90S2313 has an internal serial port that should have no problem speaking to either the DEC keyboard or the DEC mouse and has plenty of lines left over (and some sample code on the 'net to speak PS/2-ees, if I'm not mistaken) to emulate a PS/2 keyboard or mouse. Given timing issues and that Atmel chips are $3 each, if I were rolling my own, I'd seriously consider a dedicated microcontroller for each device even though that would double the hardware cost (an expense I think would be justified by simpler software design and more robust operation). With sufficient horsepower, or a CPU with two hardware serial ports, it might be feasible to do a two-fer. I do not know of any off-the-shelf devices that can do this. -ethan

--- Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> wrote: We had a Raritan switch at a former employer (about 100 yards from where I'm sitting now ;-)... a nice one - 4x32 (and they bought an expansion box after I was gone) - about $10K with cables. At the time (c. 1999), the Raritan converter was $150. We bought a Sun box to stick my SPARC2 (that I later sold them) on the KVM as our first "non-NT" host in the server room. Perhaps Raritan has a new model or has lowered the price on their old model, but at one time, Sun had the cheapest solution. -ethan