At 7:53 AM -0500 12/6/05, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I want to share a monitor between a Beige G3 266 running Mac 8.6 and
a G4 450 dp running Mac 9.2
I am considering a Dr Bott switch & sticking a USB card into the G3
Anybody see any problems with this ?
I'm running similar, with a mechanical monitor switch and a separate
USB switch. It took me several tries to find a USB switch that would
work properly (I settled on an IOGear 4 port), but I suspect that Dr.
Bott has that all worked out for their KVMs.
Switching into my non-X machines requires a bit of patience - it
doesn't take control immediately, and can be annoying (the IOGear
switch has a beep that tells you when it's in transition, and I find
that the audible cue reduces the annoyance factor). Switching into
an X machine is almost immediate.
Is there a better configuration ?
Don't know of one for the price.
Both computers run ADB dongled software.
One problem I forsee is that I would basically need to keep the ADB
keyboard connected so I could boot the beige.
Yep, or as someone else mentioned, use the power button.
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