Re: VGA monitor/keyboard switch

[Kevin Hawkins <tivo@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [ukha_d] VGA monitor/keyboard switch

Patrick,

   You might want also to consider a USB model as well
nowadays (eg Belkin ) as there is one less cable, which tends to work out a
little cheaper , & it's multi platform. Depends on if your PC's have
USB ports though.

   Very few boxes come off the shelf with cables due to the
variety of mouse & keyboard connector permutations.

   The very cheap switches ( usually just multiway switches
in a cream metallic box ) are not very good in that they have no
'intelligence'. I'm not meaning the scanning and selection intelligence but
keyboards and mice don't like being just cut off and reconnected to PC's -
actually it's the PC's that winge. They tend to lock up or go into endless
beeping loops So I would recommend that you get a proper KVM. 

   I did know of a surplus supplier"The Computer Junk
Shop" who had some Belkin units, they were an exhibitor at a fair I
went to, They don't currently have any but are ringing me back with a
number of someone who might. I'll  let you know.

   Kevin

   on 19/4/01 9:59 am, patrickl@xxxxxxx at patrickl@xxxxxxx
wrote:

> I'm after a 4 port VGA monitor/keyboard switch - so that I
> can share 
> one keyboard and monitor between 4 PC's at node 0. Any 
> recommendations for a suitable surplus supplier - the usual places 
> are astronomically expensive.
>
> Patrick
>
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