[ale] KVM or alternative

[Geoffrey]

David Corbin wrote:

> Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> 
>> On Thursday 13 February 2003 12:22 pm, Josh Freeman wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> I wouldn't get a 2 port KVM unless they are substantially cheaper than
>>> the 4 port. I don't know about you, but I keep having more and more
>>> machines show up on my desk, and I kept an extra set of wires so I could
>>> hook up a machine when my [mom's | friend's ] machine broke and showed
>>> up on my doorstep
>>>   
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>>
>> I find the 2 port switches significantly more convienient to use.  
>> They usually have some very simple way of toggling between the two 
>> computers.  The 4 ports are much less convenient. 
> 
> What's less convenient about them. It's the same number of keystrokes to 
> switch between any computer....

I don't understand either.  My linksys has a single button for each of 
the four computers.  It also supports keyboard shortcuts and will cycle 
through each of the connected machines.  I don't know what more you 
could want.

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