Re: [WinMac] Mac/PC switchboxes and third-party mice

From: Ron LaPedis (RonL[at]laserphernalia.com)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2000 - 15:19:53 PDT

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    I know that on startup the Kensington drivers look for the device and if it
    is not there then the drivers don't load. Have you tried booting the
    machines one at a time with the switchbox set to that machine so that the
    drivers get loaded (if this is the same thing)?

    RonL

    At 13:58 2000-07-11, you wrote:
    >I have a KVM swtichbox from NTI which allows me to use a Macintosh mouse
    >and keyboard for a Mac and a PC.
    >
    >Which would be great except that the user is addicted to this Logitech
    >Trackman Marble with programmable keys, and the signal from the Trackman
    >is being filtered somehow by the switchbox. So the programmable keys don't
    >work, on either the Mac or PC. A regular click works fine, and even the
    >right-mouse click on the PC works (Command-click does this).
    >
    >Has anyone been successful in getting third-party mice to work in this
    >situation?
    >--
    >
    >Kim Andersen
    >Amarillo National Research Center
    >
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