Re: [WinMac] Sharing Keyboards between Mac and PC

Vince Verbeke(keeper[at]psu.edu)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 10:50:06 -0400

>>I wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a product for keyboard, mouse and screen sharing across
>>> Macs and PCs. ie one keyboard and screen for 1 PC and 1 Mac (soon to be
>>> doubled).
>
>What would be useful info is to hear from people who've tried the
>solutions in a Mac PC configuration and can say whether it works well,
>whether the video quality is up to scratch after going through the switch.
>

I have the Belkin "solution" with the extra Mac Adaptor using a PC monitor
connected to a PB 3400 and an older Gateway P5-90.

The video is fine. My problem was in the way the PC keyboard was mapped to
the Mac side. Keys were sticking. Not just text or number keys buy the
command keys as well. It was very annoying. There are DIP switches you
change on the box to map to the different keyboards. I tried swapping both
101 and 104 PC keyboards with the same result. No luck.

I'm still using it. But I have 2 keyboards now.

That's my story.

Vince Verbeke

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