Source for DVI/USB KVM switch, cables

[Tom Buskey]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Michael ODonnell <
michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> Heh.  The phrase "PeeCee architecture" is an oxymoron if ever
> there was one, but it's a boon to those who make a living
> selling hax that work around its deficiencies.  One that
> comes to mind apropos this thread is a card called the PC
> Weasel (or maybe the Real Weasel?)  that you could install in
> some machines (hmmmm, maybe only possible with EISA/ISA and
> not PCI*, now that I think of it...)  where it would do VGA


They did come out with a PCI version.  I think it's around $300.

screen-scraping direct from video RAM and also somehow take
> over the role of the keyboard.  The card would then translate
> screen and keyboard I/O into RS232; it was autonomous and
> you could connect to it remotely and even (IIRC) do stuff
> like remote resets and power control.  A last resort if you
> need to do remote admin and your system doesn't support it...
>
> I'm surprised there isn't a product that's basically a webcam
> that allows you to watch the screen from a nearby system via
> which you could also relay keyboard I/O...
>
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