RE: Re: VGA monitor/keyboard switch

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

www.netshop.com (or is it .co.uk) do some AdderView keyboard switches that
come complete with cable sets I think for about the same price as the
Belkin
switches *WITHOUT* cables.

Take a look...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: patrickl@xxxxxxx [mailto:patrickl@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 May 2001 21:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: VGA monitor/keyboard switch
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "nick broughton" <mail@n...>
wrote:
> > Do you have problems if the machine is powered up while not
> selected at the
> > switch (keyboard errors).
> > I currently have two PC's sharing a monitor (HomeSeer and my day
to
> day PC).
> > The HomeSeer PC has its own keyboard (no mouse) and I swap the
> monitor lead
> > when I need it (not very often, only on boot failure).  I'm
> planning on
> > installing another PC at the same location to act as MP3 server.
> I'd then
> > like to upgrade the solution, but don't want the Homeseer machine
> to fail on
> > restart after power failure because there's no keyboard!  The
> switch is
> > likely to be left on my PC 99% of the time.
> >
> > Thanks for the part no, and I found a 4 way one for about 20 quid
> on DABS as
> > well.
> >
> > HOWEVER Inmac have the omnicube for 80 quid.
> >
> > Given that cables are going to be 40/50 quid anyway is it false
> economy to
> > buy the cheap one?
>
> The Omnicubes are nice, we use them at work.
> The Linksys KVM switch I was recommended by someone on this list from
> Buy.com works fantastically well (including a nifty keyboard short
> cut to switch ports) and it both small & self powered - but is a
bit
> of a spiders web with connectors sticking out at every angle.
> I don't think the cables were that bad (5 quid a set, IIRC) again,
> from Buy.com
> Patrick
>
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