Hi. This is my first post on this board.

I have a two computers (both Pentium IV's running Windows XP) and an IOGear KVM switch. The KVM switch has PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse, and I'm finding that most new computers don't have PS/2 ports. I'm hoping to find a reliable way to add PS/2 ports to a computer that doesn't have them.

I phoned up IOGear Tech Support and asked if I could just use a USB to PS/2 adapter cable like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Adapter-C...sb+ps2+adapter

and was told that it wouldn't work.

I've been able to find PCI cards that allow me to add two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse, but PCI slots on motherboards are also becoming rare. Nowadays, lots of motherboards only come with PCIe slots, and my understanding is that you can't use a PCI card in a PCIe slot.

I've not been able to find a PCIe PS/2 port card.

What I have found is a "card" (so to speak) that doesn't use a slot:

http://www.sybausa.com/productInfo.php?iid=799

But I can't say that this "card" would work any differently than the adapter cable linked to earlier. After all, it still connects two PS/2 ports to a USB port just like the adapter cable.

People have suggested a software solution like "Synergy". Apparantly, you load the Synergy program onto both computers, and the computer monitor shows what's going on on both computers depending on where you move your mouse. So, it acts kinda like a KVM switch. I use one computer to run my business and one computer for surfing the net. I like the idea of having the computers physically separated because if I get a virus on my internet computer, I simply format the hard drive and reload Windows XP. I'm concerned that with only this Synergy software, if I get a virus surfing the web, both computers will get infected. With a KVM switch, there's no way a virus can get from my internet computer to my business computer.

Can anyone think of a sure fire way to add PS/2 ports to a computer that doesn't have them so that I can continue using my KVM switch. If push comes to shove, I might just have to buy a new 4 port DVI or HTMI USB KVM switch.