[rescue] USB KVM with my Octane: possible?

Robert Darlington rdarlington at gmail.com
Mon Jun 18 14:55:12 CDT 2007


I used to use a usb kvm switch between suns, sgis, pcs, and macs.   It
was made by a company called NTI, here is there site:

http://www.networktechinc.com/servswt.html

I do not see the model I used to have, however this was a couple years ago.

On 6/15/07, Micah R Ledbetter <vlack-lists at vlack.com> wrote:
> I have an IOGEAR GCS634U 4-port USB+sound KVM (a recommendation from
> one of the lists; works great). Is there a way to use it with my PS/2-
> only Octane? The KVM has one USB cable that plugs into the machine,
> which provides both keyboard and mouse. Is there a device that will
> take that one USB interface and provide two PS/2 interfaces, one
> keyboard and one mouse?
>
> I've tried simply plugging a PS/2<->USB adapter in, and I wasn't able
> to get any type of output on the screen, or even have the keyboard
> LEDs light up.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>   - Micah
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