Re:Got my ultimate retro KVM setup working
by nickt on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @05:08PM
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That’s a nice setup.
I’ve enjoyed using older professional / broadcast gear picked up used The Extron and Kramer switches and scalers are available for a fraction of the original price and perform very well.
I’m using it with Amigas, old Macs, ZX Spectrums and old PCs once I’ve got them into the VGA / HDMI domain (and that’s a rabbit hole as the author discusses).
Re:Got my ultimate retro KVM setup working
by Fnoord on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:48AM
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See [1]. The acronym for keyboard/video/mouse was first, though you may be familiar with IPMI. Saw a vid today of someone running PiKVM with HDMI hub. Then you can run it on multiple outputs (if HDMI). Pretty cool.
Right now I got the issue that I have USB-C/TB output on MBP but my hub is a Chinese one with output to HDMI and DP. Which both work, but... my monitors only have 1x HDMI, 1x DP and the DP are in use on desktop. So I'm going with a 8 USD reversible DP splitter from Ali. From what I understood it can do 4k 120 Hz so that should be DP 1.4.
Re:Got my ultimate retro KVM setup working
by snvzz on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:17AM
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Open hardware is itself enough to warrant that label.
But e.g. on OSSC I can (and do) set pixel perfect timings for the platforms I use it with (Amiga, most of the time). This is not possible with most scalers/converters, including the retrotink.
Re:Got my ultimate retro KVM setup working
by dazhbog on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:05AM
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Anyone can recommend an IP KVM to connect to DOS machines that have 1 VGA signal, 1 component video signal (this is a secondary video signal from an old camera on this machine), DIN keyboard connector and RS232 mouse? So far PiKVM looks like the best candidate.
Re:Got my ultimate retro KVM setup working
by pm2222 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:48AM
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AliExpress has lots of retro game consoles though the game selection is limited to whatever that’s offered. The hw is nice, hook up to hdmi, wireless controller etc.
I’ve enjoyed using older professional / broadcast gear picked up used The Extron and Kramer switches and scalers are available for a fraction of the original price and perform very well.
I’m using it with Amigas, old Macs, ZX Spectrums and old PCs once I’ve got them into the VGA / HDMI domain (and that’s a rabbit hole as the author discusses).
Right now I got the issue that I have USB-C/TB output on MBP but my hub is a Chinese one with output to HDMI and DP. Which both work, but... my monitors only have 1x HDMI, 1x DP and the DP are in use on desktop. So I'm going with a 8 USD reversible DP splitter from Ali. From what I understood it can do 4k 120 Hz so that should be DP 1.4.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM
0. https://videogameperfection.com/products/open-source-scan-co...
1. https://videogameperfection.com/products/ossc-pro/
But e.g. on OSSC I can (and do) set pixel perfect timings for the platforms I use it with (Amiga, most of the time). This is not possible with most scalers/converters, including the retrotink.