I went out to Radio Shack for another item and discovered they had a USB KVM switch half off ($15) and decided to give it a shot. I am pleasantly surprised that we were able to get this little gizmo to work.
We are using the apple keyboard and mouse since they are USB and the HP keyboard and mouse were not. The gizmo is sharing the monitor, keyboard and mouse nicely. A minor issue, when switching from the Mac to the PC, the PC needs to re-recognize the mouse each time. (Maybe a different mouse would solve this?) Also, not sure if this is going to repeat or not, but monitor settings on the Mac had to be reset again... but this may be because I went in and changed the monitor settings after zapping the pram. Maybe if I leave the monitor at the default settings it won't do that again. Thanks for the info. Kathy K On Feb 3, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > Kathy K wrote: >> OK. Next question for setting up these two computers with one >> monitor. I was considering a kvm switch—this one, or something >> like it: >> >> http://www.surpluscomputers.com/348254/house-brand-port-usb-kvm.html >> >> but then am I limited on what keyboard and mouse can be used? I have >> an apple keyboard and mouse for the G4, and the PC is HP brand, with >> HP keyboard and mouse. I don't want to be switching out the keyboards >> and mice all the time... but if I'm going to need to invest in some >> other keyboard and mouse AND the kvm switch, I might be better off >> just spending the $ on another monitor.... ? > > That is only going to switch the monitor, you'll need two sets of > keyboards and mice. The switch is PS2 and won't work with the > Mac. If > it were USB you could use just one keyboard and mouse. > > A lot of LCD monitors have multiple inputs, typically DVI and VGA. If > you could use these two inputs with your two computers you could avoid > the video switch and just switch the inputs with the monitor. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
