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CHAPTER 2: Introduction
2. Introduction
Thank you for choosing a ServSwitch™ Jr. Designed with your needs in mind, your
new Switch will simplify your job by helping you organize your multiple-computer
application. With your ServSwitch Jr., you can use one keyboard, monitor, and
mouse to access as many as two, four, or eight IBM
®
PC compatible computers
(including IBM RS/6000
®
computers and current SGI
®
computers), so you can
significantly reduce your equipment overhead and end keyboard and monitor
clutter.
This chapter describes everything that comes with the Switch, the external and
operating features of the Switch, and the cabling you’ll need for the Switch.
2.1 The Complete Package
Your ServSwitch Jr. package includes the ServSwitch Jr. unit and this manual. If
anything arrived damaged, contact Black Box.
2.2 Operating Features
Some of the useful features of your ServSwitch Jr.:
• You can access up to two, four, or eight CPUs with one keyboard, monitor, and
mouse.
• Support for IBM PC and RS/6000 compatible computers, as well as current
SGI compatible computers.
• Microprocessor-controlled keyboard and mouse switching.
• Supports all modes of PS/2
®
and PC/AT
®
compatible keyboards.
• Mouse can be any 2-button PS/2 or serial type by Microsoft
®
or Logitech™,
including a PS/2 “wheel mouse” such as the Microsoft IntelliMouse™.
• When you use a PS/2 type mouse, simultaneously supports CPUs with either
PS/2 or RS-232 mouse ports.
• Support for SVGA, RS/6000, SGI, and color or monochrome XGA or VGA
video at resolutions up to 1600 x 1280 noninterlaced, at refresh rates up to
100 Hz (although all video types except VGA require coaxial or special cables).
• Uses some of the attached computers’ keyboard power—no external power
required.
• You can select the desired CPU from keyboard or front panel.
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