Re: 3488 with KVM [was Re: 3180 device...]

> If the 3488 accepts standard keyboard, video and mouse connections, you
> have just solved a problem for us.  I know I've needed something like
> this  for a while, but no one around here had heard of such a beast.

Dunno about "standard" (i.e., PS/2) keyboard and mouse connections (we
don't have a 3488, although we do have a copy of the manual), but it does
take a standard VGA monitor. 3487s have a modular connector for the
keyboard, and a PS/2-style (but read on) mouse socket.

I also don't know how good the monitor has to be for 132-column mode to
look good. It looks great on a 3487 (or a 3477), though.

3487s are kind of finicky about mice: a 3487 mouse works fine on a PC, but
I've never found any PC mice that work at all on a 3487.

But even if 3488s can't be used with a standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse
(either directly or switched through a KVM switch), I believe there are
clones out there (yes, Virginia, there are 5250-terminal-clones) that can.

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JHHL