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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / May 2006KVMs
My new Mini should be here tomorrow, and I'm all set up for it. However, I'm keeping my G3/USB-upgraded 8500 A/V because of all the data and software I use (inlcuding old versions of Photoshop and Illustrator and lots ofpictures and music). It has gigs and gigs of SCSI hard drive space open, so it should make a worthy network backup destination, as well. Anyway, I'm considering a KVM to run both machines. I would like to keep the cost down. Apple and Macworld magazine seem to be pushing Iomega's offering, which is certainly good, but pricey. I have heard some discussion on Belkin KVM products; IIRC, the talk was mostly negative. Does anyone in here use a KVM for two Macs? What kind and how do you like it? How do you switch between machines? How well does it fit into your computing environment (Iomega offers one that fits right under the Mini, but they want $130 for it). I've heard that USB KVMs sell pretty cheap on eBay. What do you think of buying like that? Any recommendations, comments, ridicule, whatever, welcome! >My new Mini should be here tomorrow, and I'm all set up for it. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >your computing environment (Iomega offers one that fits right under the >Mini, but they want $130 for it). This is the price you'll have to pay for something reasonable. >I've heard that USB KVMs sell pretty cheap on eBay. What do you think of >buying like that? We have quite some experience with KVM switches. We use only those that we have tested before ;-) >Any recommendations, comments, ridicule, whatever, welcome! Most cheap switches are PC only. Some of them do work with USB-Macs, some don't. The ones that work behave sometimes strange (e.g. you have to unplug and replug the keyboard after switching to the second computer). The MoniSwitches from Dr. Bott (www.drbott.de, click on "International") are all right. The same is true for the ones from Rose Electronics (www.rose.com) but even more expensive. The same is true for SwitchMan from Raritan (www.raritan.com). Regards, Christoph Gartmann  SignatureMax-Planck-Institut fuer Phone : +49-761-5108-464 Fax: -452 Immunbiologie Postfach 1169 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de D-79011 Freiburg, Germany http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html In article <bearclaw-9743D0.14311107052006@sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, > My new Mini should be here tomorrow, and I'm all set up for it. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Any recommendations, comments, ridicule, whatever, welcome! Does your 8500 have USB for the keyboard and mouse. I know that 8500 itself did not originally have USB. It was an ADB based keyboard and mouse based system. I just hooked up a TRENDnet USB KVM to a PowerMac G5 and an HP PC running Linux ($27 shipped; <http://dealmac.com>). After removing the Logitech mouse driver and switching to USB Overdrive, I was able to use the switch and have my programmed mouse buttons on my 4 button Logitech mouse. The only other issue was that I have to switch it manually via the buttons on the top of the switch. It did not support hot-key switching from the Mac, and the hot-key switching on the Linux box only worked 1 out of 3 times I would try. Bob Harris > Does your 8500 have USB for the keyboard and mouse. Yes, I keep an extended ADB keyboard plugged in in case I need to do something before the USB extension loads, but generally, once it starts up all the USB stuff works nicely, including digital camera, keyboard and mouse. Sun, 07 May 2006 14:31:11 -0500, bearclaw@cruller.invalid suggested: : My new Mini should be here tomorrow, and I'm all set up for it. : [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] : your computing environment (Iomega offers one that fits right under the : Mini, but they want $130 for it). I use a CompuCable USBMS2-AB KVM switch. It was pretty inexpensive (around $30, I think) and I've never had any problems with it. Specs here: http://www.compucable.com/specs/pdf/usbms2-ab.pdf It just has a big manual switch that you turn to switch between machines, and it supports VGA and USB. Signatureagreenbu @ nyx . net andrew michael greenburg > Any recommendations, I normally install the IOGear Mini USB KVM, (you will need to add USB 1.1 card to your 8500 via PCI if you don't have it yet). It is fully self-contained, marketed as Mac compatible, and uses a hot key to bounce back and forth between systems. Here are a couple direct links: http://daystar-store.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=331 http://daystar-store.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=38 Gary Dailey Daystar Technology http://daystar-tech.com http://daystar-store.com http://daystar-forum.com |
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