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minus-squarem-p{3}Alinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoIn a server environment it’s perfect. Have multiple baremetal servers in the rack? No problem, all you need is a PS/2 + VGA KVM and you can control them easily without fiddling. No protocol handshake, no HDCP in the way.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoPS/2? I’m not completely sure but I’m pretty sure that at least the majority of our servers only have USB and no PS/2 port. And while our servers aren’t very old some of them still have a few years on them.
In a server environment it’s perfect. Have multiple baremetal servers in the rack?
No problem, all you need is a PS/2 + VGA KVM and you can control them easily without fiddling. No protocol handshake, no HDCP in the way.
PS/2?
I’m not completely sure but I’m pretty sure that at least the majority of our servers only have USB and no PS/2 port. And while our servers aren’t very old some of them still have a few years on them.