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

[keith@xxxxxxxxx]

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.

Thanks for the info.


Keith Blazek
MIS Coordinator


midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/13/2004 04:38:15 PM:

> I use a 3488 with a KVM -
> This way I can switch back and forth from my AS/400 console to my 
Windows
> 2003 Server, and use only one display.
> 
> Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 3:26 PM
> Subject: RE: 3180 device...
> 
> 
> > As I recall, we blew out a 3180 ourselves, many years ago. It started
> > eating fuses. Not good.
> >
> > Simple solution: Buy a refurbished 3477 or 3487. They're cheap, 
they're
> > 132-column, they're dual-session (3487s are dual display plus 
printer),
> > they're available in your choice of either color, green monochrome, or
> > amber monochrome, and they're available with your choice of 102-key or
> > 122-key keyboards. Oh, yes, and the 348x-series has mouse support, and
> > optional column-separator suppression on the color model.
> >
> > --
> > JHHL