Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 2) Bring a keyboard, plug it in, boot, remove the keyboard (but > > > hopefully you have a UPS). > > > I heard on this list that this may cause hardware damage. I had > several accident of unplugging KB and no problem afterward. (I was > not on Compaq but generic MB)
I don't understand how it could possibly cause hardware damage. The only problem is if the power goes off and you're not around; if they keyboard isn't plugged in when it tries to reboot, it will just hang. (I even tested if it timed out after a long period of time but it did not [older 486 Compaq]). > > > 3) There are little devices ($50?) that allow you to hook up > > > more than one machine to one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse - > > > you select which one you want to use with a button on the > > > device. Use it. > > > Just curios, if plugging PS2 mouse will do or not. That is cheaper > and space efficient. :) Turns out they're called KVM's and the cheaper ones are around $100 at Fry's. I believe I tried the PS2 trick but it did not work either. Elizabeth
