machine room organization

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue Feb 1 20:39:03 2005

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:00:05 +0000 (GMT), Tony Duell
<ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switches do the same wonderful job for PC
> > consoles that serial A/B switches did for terminals.
>
> And if you have Sun 3s, PERQs, D-machines, HP9000s, etc you're out of luck...

At least Sun3 protocol is the same as Sun4 - just the plugs are
different... so with the right me chanical adapters, one could use the
$75 Sun-made PS/2-adapters and a modern KVM...

But with the other platforms, yes, you are out of luck.

-ethan
Received on Tue Feb 01 2005 - 20:39:03 GMT

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