From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <283f5df10607100214k2ffd551dob45d15a008341f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:14:54 -0400 From: "LiteStar numnums" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Planning a two-machine heterogeneous LAN In-Reply-To: <56363d1331a640d0e6455424d51a6e6a@mail.gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_47489_25100974.1152522894843" References: <3803a2bc5699df802e8c1b21315d86cc@quanstro.net> <56363d1331a640d0e6455424d51a6e6a@mail.gmx.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7bfb8880-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_47489_25100974.1152522894843 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 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. > > -- Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny, To that goal long ago to me assigned. I'll follow and not falter; if my will Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on. -- Epictetus He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac ------=_Part_47489_25100974.1152522894843 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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.




--
Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny,
To that goal long ago to me assigned.
I'll follow and not falter; if my will
Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on.
-- Epictetus

He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac ------=_Part_47489_25100974.1152522894843--