From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 02:40:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 562FA16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:40:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail006.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail006.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5183943D55 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:40:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from syncman@optusnet.com.au) Received: from optusnet.com.au (c211-30-253-10.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [211.30.253.10]) (authenticated)i6F2eXx23794 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:40:33 +1000 Message-ID: <40F5EE5B.9040703@optusnet.com.au> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:39:23 +1000 From: Andrew Sinclair User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 4-user KVM experiences? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:40:36 -0000 Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > I currently have a Cybex Autoview 200 2-user, 8 computer KVM and love > it. One feature I very much love, it allows me to have both user ports > on the same computer and both keyboard/mouse can be used, very nice > for training, showing things. > > Unfortunatly I need a 4-user KVM now, 8 computers would be still enough. > I tried an Apex 4XP (1998 kvm), it doesn't allow the above feature, > is 1024x768 max resolution and doesn't support handing screensaver > putting the monitor into powersave through. I also tried a Raritan > MX48, even with all Raritan cables, the image quality at 1280x1024 > is pretty bad (example: Outlook new messages are bold black, non-new > ones are black, hard to make out the difference). The Raritan also > doesn't hand through the powersave for monitors. > > So anyone here who could recommend a KVM? > > > I have one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11180&item=5709440955&rd=1 There is a slight ghosting effect on the analogue port in my computer but that would most likely be my GE-CUBE Raedon 9200SE video card. Other computers didn't have this. The video quality on all computers tested is otherwise very good. I think you could get a better deal than $90 though. This item will be listed for 7 days from the date this message was posted.