[H-GEN] using one monitor with 2 pc's

Troy Piggins troy at piggo.com
Sun Oct 30 20:54:22 EST 2005


* James Collins <nospam at ltuae.com> :
> > Thanks to all who replied.  I actually did ask a Dick Smith 
> > the other week and they told me they don't sell them, which 
> > surprised me.  I thought it must be too specialised if they 
> > don't stock them.
> 
> 	Heh. It all depends on who you talk to at "Tricky Dicky"... 
> 
> 	DSE 4-Port Auto KVM Switch 
> 	Catalogue Number XH8210
> 	$79.94

Good grief - teenagers working as DSE weekends...

> 	This one actually "Looks" logic controlled, so might be a little
> more reliable than the Rotary knob ones. Note that as Sandy said, PS-2 Mice
> don't always work too well. The logic controlled ones are supposed to
> provide a constant voltage to the PS2 style port though, and this is
> _supposed_ to get around this.

No worries - it's only the video switch I'm after, although keyboard
would be handy too.  Don't use mouse on them, it's all console.

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Troy Piggins
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