From: Mike Bartman [omni@foolie.omniphile.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:31 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: KVM switches

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 19:48:48 +0100, Tim ffrench-Lynch
<nospam@baesystems.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know of any affordable KVM switches that will work with an
>AlphaStation 255? It's the old business of the Alpha using scanset 3 and
>the PC something else.

I've got an AlphaStation 200 using a Belkin F1D074.  Handles 4
computers, and worked fine with a couple of NT boxes when I was using
it to handle all three inputs (I've since found a proper keyboard for
the Alpha, so that part isn't on the Belkin anymore...I like the feel
of a proper keyboard better, and the keys are where the software
expects them.  I still use the Belkin to switch the mouse and video
though.)

I'm running my NT screen at 1280x1024, and the video is fine.  I've
set it much higher than that just to see if it works, and it does, but
1280x1024 is as high as my eyes can take on a 19" screen.

The keyboard I'm using is programmable, and the fact that the Belkin
uses keyboard codes to switch inputs allowed me to program a couple of
extra blank function keys on the keyboard to select between the
inputs...I just hit a button and the screen jumps to the system I
want.  Takes a second to lock the new video signal, but only a second
or two.  The keyboard is otherwise a normal PC keyboard.

I don't know if a 200 and a 255 differ enough to matter, but that's
what I've got here, and it's working for me.

-- Mike
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