AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Dave VanHorn <dvanhorn@d...> wrote:
> >   Not too cumbersome. Invest a few bucks in a KVM. I did this a 
few  months
> >ago and it's has really improved productivity around here. I 
personally
> >like having all my eggs in one basket for development, but....
> 
> Hmm.. I tried those before, and had bad luck. but they were just 
mechanical 
> switches.
> Is there better stuff available now?

Absolutely.  Some stuff is expensive as hell, but others are pretty 
good.  I use a Cybex (now Avocent) AutoView 400 myself - very nice.  
It will talk to regular systems as well as those without PS2 ports, 
just USB.  It does the keyboard/mouse translation internally, and it 
works flawlessly.  It will allow two keyboard/monitor/mouse setups 
to access 8 systems, both at once.

I run my dev box and main box at 1920x1440, the game box at 
1600x1200 and the CD/DVD burner box at 1280x1024.  It will switch 
with buttons on the front (it's mounted to the side of the desk at 
my right) or via key-toggle (Ctrl-Ctrl).

I cannot imagine working without it.  It was expensive, and worth 
every penny.

Note - everything is still regular DB15 VGA type connectors.  I 
don't know of any (affordable) DVI kvm setup out there yet.

Dean.