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Paul Sanders (the other one) wrote: Sorry, I missed that in your post. So no HDMI? What a pain, but wouldn't you solve that by inserting a USB to HDMI adapter between the Mac and the KVM? Or am I missing something? You've not told us what kind of Mac it is.
This would be my suggestion as well. I would be surprised and impressed if the KVM was able to pull an HDMI/DP stream out of USB3 and pass it over to the HDMI to the monitor. My guess is you'll need a dongle like this to split the combined stream apart for the KVM to handle.
https://www.amazon.com/Battony-Multiport-Converter-Charging-Compatible/dp/B0819KTP6M/?th=1[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Yeah, I'd be surprised (and impressed) too.
Observation: I've been far too slow catching on here, but this is a classic XY problem - i.e. proposing a solution instead of providing a clear description of what the actual goal is. And didn't we all fall for it? Just goes to show how much trouble doing that can cause Kevin, so please be aware of that for next time, thanks.
Paul Sanders.
"Life is a minestrone" - which I take to mean that it's full of different bits and you should try to savour them all. I think that's pretty neat, I like that analogy.
And if you don't mind, here's a quick plug for my little one-man business. Follow the link if you're interested in ripping your vinyl collection: www.alpinesoft.co.uk. Thanks.
modified 27-Apr-22 3:35am.
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TESmart makes a 4 PC, dual monitor version. They have an HDMI and a display port version. Sorry, but as far as I can tell I donβt think they make a USB 3.0 version. Not sure why you need 3.0. I have their 2 PC, dual monitor version. One of the laptops I have connected to it is using only USB 3.0 ports and I have had no issues with it.
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Dual monitor and USB3 KVMs do exist, but you're going to pay a large premium for the privilege of needing something much fancier than the baseline models.
CS1944DP - 4-Port USB 3.0 4K DisplayPort Dual Display KVMP Switch[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Trendnet are great kit, I have one on my server stack.
8 port one, bit of an older model these days, but has not let me down yet.
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You mean, a KeVin Marois switch ?
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If all are Windows-based systems, why not just use RDP?
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Has MS dropped the requirement that the computer on one end, IIRC being connected to, be running a pro version of windows? Because pro licenses are more expensive than KVMs.
Edit: Also, the OP said he needed both Windows and Mac support.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
modified 26-Apr-22 10:05am.
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Robert Bolin 2022 wrote: If all are Windows-based systems, why not just use RDP?
Windows Home can connect to RDP, but cannot be RDP'd to.
Some Linux (e.g. Debian) can RDP to other places (but Debian has a nasty habit of not connecting unless you have 'native' access to it first, which rather defeats the purpose).
You can ignore the rest of this comment / response because, by drawing the diagram, I have realised that a solution to my KVM problem could be a single 4-Port HDMI KVM as I am not actually using the VGA slots as I am directly connecting the VGA to the monitor, bypassing the VGAs on the KVM.
I'm looking for a KVM that supports mixed HDMI and VGA input devices (o/p not such a problem as my monitor is switchable between HDMI and VGA) as I have 3 PCs, one of which does not have HDMI. I know I can use HDMI to VGA converters and use a VGA-only KVM, but that would lead to a loss of resolution.
Currently, I have 2 Two-Port KVMs (one for HDMI and one for VGA) which I have daisy-chained USB Ins to USB Outs, as per the diagram below.
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+-----+ +-----+ / \ +-----+
| | | | | Monitor | | |
| PC1 | | PC2 | | | | PC3 |
| | | | \ __________/ | |
+-----+ +-----+ HDMI . . VGA +-----+
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......... | . _ _ _ . _ _ _ | |
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+------------------------------+ | +------------------------------+
| HDMI USB HDMI USB HDMI | | | VGA USB VGA USB VGA |
| IN IN IN IN OUT | | | IN IN IN IN OUT |
| PC1 PC1 PC2 PC2 | | | PC1 PC1 PC2 PC2 |
| | | | |
| KVM-1 | | | KVM-2 |
| | | | |
| <-- various USB ports --> | | | <-- various USB ports --> |
+------------------------------+ | +------------------------------+
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SIONAL LOST FIFTY CONSERVATIVE WHO SIGNED THE TREATY
Not that it makes sense to me...
βReal stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.β
β Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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SIGNA (signal loses L (50))
TORY conservative
SIGNATORY who signed the treaty.
(thanks for saving me from having to unearth my Baudot chart!)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Nice!
(By the way there is an error in the 3rd letter - it is 11000, which is an O and not G, which is 11010)
βReal stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.β
β Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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Sorry, I'm a little rusty. I was too lazy to check it for errors. I was using Wordle blocks.
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Hm. Been googling "SIONA" to try and work out what the heck you were up to! That a wasted couple of weeks while the tapes get sent off and come back with your punching errors. (From personal experience a looong time ago...)
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Yep, you are up next.
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Care to explain for us mere mortals
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming βWow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope, never did! Learned something new this morning
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Something we oldies started with; in my case via paper tape which was used as the main input on our systems. Take a look at the first picture on row 2 (LEO III/6 and LEO III/7 pics), the paper tape reader is in the foreground. That was the first system I worked on.
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My very first programming class (circa 1976) used a paper punch terminal to write programs in BASIC -- apparently I never learned the paper tape encoding. By the next semester I advanced to 80 column punch cards and UNIVAC assembler.
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We moved from the old LEO system to a Univac 1108 in 1968, and I started learning Assembler when I switched from operating to programming shortly thereafter.
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