state of USB support in linux

[Kurt Wall]

In a 1.6K blaze of typing glory, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, May 06, 2004, Kurt Wall wrote:
> >In a 1.5K blaze of typing glory, Bill Campbell wrote:
> >> 
> >> Is there a KVM switch that will handle both ps/2 and USP?  I would love to
> >> find such a beast for my desktop where I switch between a couple of Linux
> >> boxen, an Apple G4 running OS X, and a rather ancient box running an AT
> >> main board with no USB.  Currently I have a ps/2 to USB adapter on the G4
> >> going to a 4-port ps/2 Belkin KVM switch.
> >
> >Try this:
> >
> >http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201729&pcount=&Product_Id=160570
> 
> Interesting.  I had seen those boxes, but never paid much attention to
> them, figuring they were USB only.
> 
> My concern is that they require a ps/2 keyboard, and I haven't found any
> that work properly with OS X (e.g. the special keys to eject CDs) which
> isn't a problem with my ancient G4, but someday I hope to have a dual
> processor G5.  The only thing I use willingly from Microsoft is their
> ``natural'' keyboard, and I really don't want to give that up.

I thought they Belkin boxes were a little pricey at $180, but I imagine
you can do better on the street than straight from Belkin. Google might
even turn up something better that doesn't require PS/2. 

Kurt
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