2: Two boxes, one box

2007-12-25 10:55:00

Thanks to :

 - Rich Pieri

 - Guenter Millahn

who kindly suggested a solution to my problem

Original Question:

> I would like to know wether it is possible to connect 2 boxes to 1

> monitor without buying a switch, in order to change automatically the

> display from one box to the other one.

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Rich Pieri answered:

> No, you need some kind of switch. Compared to a SPARC

> they are not inordinately expensive, around $300 for a good one.

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Guenter Millahn wrote:

>here is another Solution for your problem.

>Several companies make so called Keyboard/Monitor-Switches. They use

>one Keyboard/Monitor-pair and can connect to one or more compute

>boxes. Some models you can cascade and reach a very high number of

>boxes in this way.

>Please check also:

>http://www.blackbox.com/catalog/09switches/switchin.htm

>http://www.rosel.com/

>as two examples for companies making such devices.

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Thanks once again !!

      Maria

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Maria Jose Bueno

Hardware and Software Development Department

Technology Division

NEC Argentina S.A

Av. San Martin 5020 (1602) Florida

Bs. As - Argentina

Phone: (54 - 1) 730-6062

Fax: (54-1) 730-6060

e-mail: mjbueno@nec.com.ar

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