KVM switch.
On 25/07/2020 11:35:15, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
My old setup at this workstation was this RISCOS machine and a Win7 one
sharing monitor keyboard and mouse. Video is DVI-d and keyboard etc PS2.
The feed from the KVM to monitor (DVI-d) was split to DVI-d and HDMI, to
allow the TV above the workbench to display circuit etc diagrams. All
worked just as I wanted.
Decided it was time to 'upgrade' to Win10. Which I'm actually quite happy
with.
Old PC motherboard wouldn't take Win10, so bought a new expensive ATX
bundle. Hoping it would give me another 10 years or so.
Its onboard video out is HDMI. The DVI-d graphics card from the old MB
won't work with the new MB. A passive HDMI to DVI-d lead didn't work -
even direct to the monitor.
Ordered up an active HDMI to DVI-d converter. That does work direct to the
monitor and through the KVM switch - but not with the DVI to DVI/HDMI
splitter (for the TV) in place.
Seems to be one step forward, one back.
I found KVM switches unreliable where the DDC/EDID functions would clash
and so revert to 640x480.
So I moved on to using "remote desktop" and haven't looked back. It also
means you don't have to have the machines co-located.
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