MOTM

This is probably "old hat" to many computer geeks, but I just discovered the
neatest gadget for my office.

It's called a KVM switch: Keyboard, Video and Mouse. It allows 1
keyboard/monitor/mouse to control up to 'n' PCs without swapping cables.

There are manual switches for $10 up to $1000 1U racks for switching 32
computers around (used by places like Dell for QC/burn-in).

Mine is a Linksys 2-port model ProConnect, for a staggering $29 from buy.com
(digress: Linksys is the MOTM of the computer world. I buy ONLY their stuff, and
I have ~8 various things of theirs and all work FLAWLESSLY).

I have 2 computers I use (work and fun) and was constantly on hands and knees
swapping cables around. Now, all I do is tap SCROLL LOCK twice and within 1
second, I'm on the other computer.

For the QC types, you can set it to automatically toggle every 3, 5, 10 or 30
seconds (is it booting, found a hard drive error, etc).

Impressive!

Paul
still hates computers