And so it has begun. Hardware transitions.

I ordered two new computers for work for the firewall/proxy machines. I had two requirements: 1) Run Linux; and, 2) have three Ethernet ports. I picked them up today. To get the three nics, I had to not get the cheapest motherboards. Fine. More horsepower than I need for the work the machines do. Oh well.

Picked them up this afternoon. As I expected, these motherboards do not have ps2 connectors. So they aren't going to get connected to my ps2 KVM switch. Bother. Not the end of the world, but a bother.

As I didn't expect at all, it doesn't have a vga connector, either. REAL BOTHER. It has hdmi, and dvi and something called "display port" with a connector I don't recognize. I know that vga is being phased out. I don't even mind. But it does mean that I am now in the very slow transition period in which I will have machines that aren't easily re-purposed, can't be hooked up to my ps2/vga KVM in the server room, and will be a pain in the ass to maintain.

I just happen to have a monitor (the one I was using before I needed double size) that will work with the new machines. I just don't have cables for it. Guess I need to go to the store.