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by **bowma** » Sun, 24 Oct 1999 04:00:00

> is there any peripheral out there that would allow a person to share a
> monitor between 2 computers.
> what is it called and where can i get it?

> thanks for any information you can give me

Strange to say, it's called a switch box. jameco.com should have them.
look for p/n 114155 (switches 1 monitor and 1 kb between 2 computers) or
79177 (just a monitor switch). They cost about US$15.

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by **jone** » Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:00:00

is there any peripheral out there that would allow a person to share a
monitor between 2 computers. it would connect to both computers' video
outputs and to the single monitor and have a switch that will allow you to
toggle between the two computers. does something like this exist? if so,
what is it called and where can i get it?

thanks for any information you can give me

jones

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by **supp..** » Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Quote:>is there any peripheral out there that would allow a person to share a
>monitor between 2 computers. it would connect to both computers' video
>outputs and to the single monitor and have a switch that will allow you to
>toggle between the two computers. does something like this exist? if so,
>what is it called and where can i get it?

I use a Belkin OmniView to share the same monitor keyboard and rat (trackball
actually) between 4 computers running OS/2, DOS, NT4.0, and RedHat Linux 5.1,
and whatever 5th extra computer I am working on.

It supports 6 computers.

A few keystrokes lets me switch between them easily.

I got that one because it had a lifetime warranty.

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by **Mark Astle** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

> >is there any peripheral out there that would allow a person to share a
> >monitor between 2 computers. it would connect to both computers' video
> >outputs and to the single monitor and have a switch that will allow you to
> >toggle between the two computers. does something like this exist? if so,
> >what is it called and where can i get it?

They have similar devices at your friendly neighborhood CompUSA (in
the monitors section) although they can get a little pricy (around
$300 for 4 machine switches).

mark

by **jkc83** » Fri, 29 Oct 1999 04:00:00

actually Startech makes several models
only the auto-switches w/key/mouse/vid are really expensive
check then out:
http://www.startech.com/KVMSWITCHES/KVMSWITCHES.HTM

> > >is there any peripheral out there that would allow a person to share a
> > >monitor between 2 computers. it would connect to both computers' video
> > >outputs and to the single monitor and have a switch that will allow you to
> > >toggle between the two computers. does something like this exist? if so,
> > >what is it called and where can i get it?

> They have similar devices at your friendly neighborhood CompUSA (in
> the monitors section) although they can get a little pricy (around
> $300 for 4 machine switches).

> mark

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