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On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 08:10:22AM -0500, David Kramer wrote:

> To expand on Jerry's answer, there are two classifications of KVM switches.  
> The passive kind are little more than a big messy switch.  The active kind 
> try to emulate the K, V, and M to the unselected computers so they don't 
> think their peripherals were yanked out all of a sudden.  Windows *hates* 
> that.

   It's more than just Windows.  PS/2 mouse ports weren't intended to
be hot-swappable, and the fact that it works with most modern computers
is probably more luck than anything else.  I gave up on physical
switch KVMs years ago for this and other reasons.
   I just noticed recently that my favorite low-end electronic KVM has
dropped considerably in price:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50177633
   That's $80 for four ports with cables.  They (IOGear) also make two
and eight port models that I've been very happy eith.


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