[OT] USB KVM switches

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu Feb 3 19:27:48 2005

>
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
> > > * It never requires adapters.
> > Only because adaptors for (say) linking 2 slave devices plain don't exist.
>
> It would seem to be fairly straightforward (software) to convert a modern
> PC into an adapter to link 2 slave devices.

Ah yes, a 'little matter of programming'....

So what you're saying is that to link a 49G+ calculator to an ADC box
takes a PC. Even if that could be a laptop, it's still not a particularly
sensible solution!

Not when the previous models just needed a null-modem cable...

-tony
Received on Thu Feb 03 2005 - 19:27:48 GMT