On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 17:08, beartooth wrote: > > Very dumb question, though : somebody says he keeps his behind his > monitor, and forgets it. How do you use it in that position?? I hit mine > two or three dozen times a day, and need it not only in sight, but handy. > Are we all talking about the same thing? (I run four boxes on one K, one > V, and one M -- the only kind of KVM switch I know of ....) > Most KVMs have keyboard short cuts that allow you to jump to the machine you want without having to hit a button on the KVM. And the IOGEAR KVM I recently installed does not even have a button on it. You hit ctrl-shift-alt and the number of the port you want to use (1 through 4). The Belkins have a similar hot key method also, hit scroll lock twice then 0 followed by the port number. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. -- Thomas Alva Edison
