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Re: [LUG] KVM Switch

 

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:15:16 +0100
Brad Rogers wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:06:29 +0100
> Nick Roach <nick.roach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello Nick,
> 
> > I'm looking for a KVM Switch, with 2 or 4 ports (PS2 and VGA) and a
> > manual selector, but everything I have seen for sale includes other
> > port types, and/or are 'automatic' or hotkey switched.
> 
> It looks as though you want switch boxes, not KVM switches.  Best I
> could find was;
> 
> <http://www.sourcingmap.com/port-manual-kvm-switch-box-pcs-set-monitor-keyboard-mouse-p-36548.html>
> 
> I know nothing about the company at all.

OK, I might look thick now... but what's the difference between a KVM
switch and a "switch box" that has multiple K,V & M ports on it?

(I have a lovely box under my monitor that has a satisfyingly solid
"cluck" noise when you switch from one machine to the other.)

Grant.

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