AVR-Chat

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 20:22 -0500, Henry Carl Ott wrote:
> The current ones are very slick. Handle hi-res displays. ps-2 style mice 
> and keyboards. Newest ones do USB.
> Hot key switches between PCs. They also got quite cheap. Under 50 bucks for 
> name brand / two machine version with cables. More then two machines, or 
> very long cable lengths, price goes up .
> 
>   Honestly, it made a huge difference around here not having to deal with 
> two keyboards and monitors. Actually I do have two monitors because I run a 
> dual headed system normally. But a quick hot key press and suddenly the 
> second monitor is on the secondary box, and keyboard and mouse follow along.

There are dual-head KVM (kbd, video, mouse) switches out there now, and
it's hard to find a KVM switch that *isn't* solid-state nowadays. The
dual-head units are somewhat pricey, but worth it if you've already
invested in two computers, two dual-head video cards, and two largish
displays!

I highly recommend the KVM switch products from StarTech. I use a
Starview KVM at my office, where I switch between a dual-head Windows
and a single-head Gentoo Linux box. The StarTech was the most
cost-effective switch (4 ports for around $100, including cables) and it
is the ONLY one that doesn't bork my X server's mouse, requiring a CTRL
+ALT+F1 --> CTRL+ALT+F7 recycle of the display.

Best,
Dave