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October 07, 2020 |
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I've been engaged in what I think of as Dad hobbies, which I'm sure is an |
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idiosyncrasy. I remember my father spending hours on the computer doing |
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computer things for the sake of computer things. I mean, he'd always be |
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defragging the harddrive on the IBM XT, or running virus scans for pretty |
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much no reason. I didn't understand it at the time, but I think I do now |
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that I have my own brand of Dad computing. I think it's a Zen activity, |
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like raking patterns in sand, or doing Tai Chi. |
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I'm currently engaged in making an overly embellished KVM. It's less zen |
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and more hotrodding, but without the flash, but arguably as pointless as |
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running defrag every other day. I'm setting up a server cabinet, and I |
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have 3 computers I want to be be able to switch between: A small server, |
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my desktop, and my work laptop. The sensible way to do it is just to buy |
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an off the shelf kvm that has HDMI and whatever USB 3.0 ports I need. |
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But instead I thought it'd be cooler to buy a redriving industrial USB-C |
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switch, and do it all with one cable. This switch is used for testing |
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USB-C connections, so it needs to be controlled by a separate computer, |
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which will be an OrangePi, the RaspberryPi's low-rent cousin. And I want |
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it to be an API, so I can control it with different devices... because. |
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And then I need a device to control the KVM, so I'll use a Raspberry Pi |
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with a small IPS screen, and a tiny 40% mechanical keyboard, hitting that |
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API via Flask served webpage. Help. |
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