From: /m 

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:32:27 -0400, Mike N.  wrote:

>On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:07:04 -0400, Richard B.  wrote:
>
>>My KVM switch doesn't support USB devices...got a new Dell server that
>>only has USB ports, no PS/2.
>
>   Wow - I wonder how this came about.  Surely, cost isn't such an issue on
>a server that they had to save $0.59 by eliminating the PS/2 port? Standard
>PS/2 KVM's are flakey enough as it is; I wonder how they'll work with a USB
>KVM?   (Maybe this solves some reliability problems!)

They probably want to use current support chips for the CPU, and those
chips no longer support PS/2 connectivity.

btw, I have an Avocent USB/DVI/audio KVM and it works very well. Avocent
has very good customer support.  This one:
http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/SwitchViewDVI-4port
It handles the 1680x1050 resolution of my 20" widescreen excellently.


I shot a 3/4" static discharge into the KVM (accidentally).  I sent an
email to Avocent and said "it stopped working".  They
cross-shipped me a new one, no questions asked.

  /m

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