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Mac KVM
Posted by: MrMacintosh on 2011-01-05 15:57:17
Local Goodwill turned up a KVM for old Macs! Supports 3 machines (ADB and monitor) and also has a converter so you can use a PC or Mac monitor on your desk.

Not bad for $2!

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2011-01-05 15:59:43
What brand and model?

Posted by: MrMacintosh on 2011-01-05 16:08:12
Umm it's fairly generic... I don't think it is labelled actually. No power cord required, though, so it's a fairly basic model. Labels on the front said it was used with a 6400, G3, and like 8600. 🙂

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2011-01-05 16:51:55
The ones without electronics have issues when switching ADB.

I use a Dr.Bott Monoswitch (4 port ADB) and have a 12 port BlackBox SW939A for when I setup a huge table for macs.

ADB KVM are hard to come by these days.

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-05 17:15:28
For mechanical (rotary switchbox) KVM's w/o KBD/mouse emulators in place when a Mac is offline, just keep an alias of ADB-Reset (?) on the Desktop so you can get rid of any issues very quickly and easily.

edit: checked it on my 6360, it's named ADBReset, and it's FreeWare from about 1999! [😀] ]'>

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