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Is there a (or has anyone made a DIY) portable keyboard, monitor, and mouse?

Jerry A's Photo Asked by Jerry A Answers Early Bird Newbie
Posted Nov 13 2009 12:58 PM
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I've been looking for something that doesn't appear to exist: a portable keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KMM).

Problem description: You need to work on a headless computer, or one whose KVM monitor, etc., has died. You don't want to carry around a full size keyboard, monitor and mouse.

Proposed solution: Device with a laptop form factor, with a cable snake or inputs for video, PS2 mouse and keyboard, and USB, also for keyboard and mouse. It would fit in a laptop bag, and you could take it with you on site, connect it up, do your work, and unhook it.

I've opened up a few old laptops to see if I could access any connectors, but I haven't had any success.

Has anyone built or used something like this? I think it could be a useful techie tool.
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adfm's Photo Answered by adfm Answers Early Bird FOO Peacock Pro
Posted Nov 13 2009 03:13 PM
If you're looking for a way to turn your laptop into a KVM you'll probably want to check out the StarTech USB 2.0 KVM Console Laptop Adapter.

Here's a video demo:



If you are looking for something DIY, you can check out this project.

This is something that I've needed more than a couple of times. Usually, though, most data centers will have a KVM cart for you to use if you go looking for it.