Source for DVI/USB KVM switch, cables

[Tom Buskey]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com>
wrote:

> Ah, sorry, I didn't comprehend TFQ.


Me too apparently


>
> I used to work with previous generations of this company's gear:
>   http://www.avocent.com/DSR8035.aspx
>
> and they were pretty good.  The current models 'contain open source
> software. Please view the GPL license for more information.' which is
> probably a good sign.
>
> You didn't say, 'cheap', right?


We have 2 older Avocents where I work also.  They cascade together so one
keyboard station controls all.
There's a dongle for USB, PS/2 or Sun.  Standard cat5 cable connects it.
They run ~ $100 each.
Though it kills me when I see someone hook up a Sun when we have a terminal
server *sigh* and/or iLOM on the Sun.

We have the remote access client, DSview.  Runs on Windows.  Slowly.  My
copy got fsck'd somehow and a remove/reinstall didn't fix it.  Other then
slow, windows only, and breaking, it works well.  I run it in a VirtualBox
VM just fine.

In 3 years, we've never had to reboot it.
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