I'm not so sure about that, since the KVMs I have here are 'powerless', yet
work fine with
everything I've thrown at them (including FreeVMS & colorFORTH). Plan9 is
equally
congenial with the switches I have here, but obviously your mileage will
vary.

On 7/10/06, Sascha Retzki <sretzki@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > i use a kvm switch.
>
> KVM-switches are great, however I have spotted two different 'versions'
> out there - the onces doing PS2/emulation (or rather, caring about PS/@ in
> any way) and the onces that don't. The problem is the mouse - if you switch
> from e.g. Plan9 to Windows on a 'cheap' KVM-switch, you may notice that
> the mouse does not work for a second or two - and when you switch back, you
> will notice that the mouse does not work completely anymore. I have both
> versions of such switches here, the onces which 'don't work with Plan9' are
> not connected to the power-grid, maybe that is an indication (no powergrid,
> no PS/2-emulation).
>
> I must admit I am not familar with the PS/2 specifications, so I have no
> idea about the why.
>
>


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