The perennial problem of retrocomputing seems to be: more machines than space to have a fully functioning setup, available for immediate use. Because if they aren't setup, they'll probably sit on the shelf indefinitely.
So, what peripherals have you used to help address this problem?
In my personal setup with a heterogeneous collection of late 80's and 90's unix and apple gear, I've been using KVMs that accept Sun/ADB/PS2 keyboard & mice, which I've mostly documented here: http://synack.net/~bbraun/kvm/. This setup works pretty well, I was fairly happy with it, but I also don't get the chance to go sit in front of the KVM setup as much as I'd like.
I recently got an AddrLink iPEPS Dual Access device http://www.adder.com/uk/products/IPEPS_Dual_access.aspx, which basically does vga/ps2 to VNC bridging. The idea being, connecting it to the KVM and I would have access to all retrocomputing devices on the KVM, over VNC. It does actually mostly work in this capacity, with a whole list of caveats. The benefit is clear, but I'll spare you all from the whole list of problems unless someone is specifically interested.
How have others attempted to tackle this problem?
So, what peripherals have you used to help address this problem?
In my personal setup with a heterogeneous collection of late 80's and 90's unix and apple gear, I've been using KVMs that accept Sun/ADB/PS2 keyboard & mice, which I've mostly documented here: http://synack.net/~bbraun/kvm/. This setup works pretty well, I was fairly happy with it, but I also don't get the chance to go sit in front of the KVM setup as much as I'd like.
I recently got an AddrLink iPEPS Dual Access device http://www.adder.com/uk/products/IPEPS_Dual_access.aspx, which basically does vga/ps2 to VNC bridging. The idea being, connecting it to the KVM and I would have access to all retrocomputing devices on the KVM, over VNC. It does actually mostly work in this capacity, with a whole list of caveats. The benefit is clear, but I'll spare you all from the whole list of problems unless someone is specifically interested.
How have others attempted to tackle this problem?