[PLUG] video TO and keyboard/mouse FROM a laptop

Robert Citek robert.citek at gmail.com
Wed Aug 20 21:19:27 UTC 2008


Yes, what you are asking makes perfect sense.  And I've been looking
for something like that for years without success.

If you find anything, please let the rest of us know about it.

Regards,
- Robert

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Roderick A. Anderson <raanders at acm.org> wrote:
> I have several machines that run headless or connected to a KVM and the
> colo.  I'm adding more and will be running out of ports on the KVM.
>
> Is there any kind of an adapter to let me use a laptop as the video,
> keyboard and mouse for another computer.  I've seen mention of network
> based KVM switches but would only need/want to connect to one system at
> a time.
>
> That make any sense?  Turn a laptop into a monitor, keyboard, and mouse
> for another system.
>
>
> TIA,
> Rod



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