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From: Sam on 6 Jun 2010 15:23
Do I need special cables to connect 2 PCs with 1 monitor or will two
standard VGA cables do?


From: Mike Easter on 6 Jun 2010 15:36
Sam wrote:
> Do I need special cables to connect 2 PCs with 1 monitor or will two
> standard VGA cables do?

The type of KVM that I like, I have several, is the type which comes
with cables all as a single unit. Mine are 2port PS/2 m/kb only, but if
I had it to do over, I would also get audio.

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS62/ MiniView Micro PS/2 KVM Switch
with cables

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS612A/ MiniView Micro PS/2 Audio KVM
Switch with cables

Each time I bought one, it was on sale at a greatly reduced price
compared to normal retail.


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Mike Easter
From: MN on 6 Jun 2010 20:35
Mike,

How LONG are the cables on the IOGear KVM switches? (I could not find this
info on the web site.)

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> Sam wrote:
>> Do I need special cables to connect 2 PCs with 1 monitor or will two
>> standard VGA cables do?
>
> The type of KVM that I like, I have several, is the type which comes with
> cables all as a single unit. Mine are 2port PS/2 m/kb only, but if I had
> it to do over, I would also get audio.
>
> http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS62/ MiniView Micro PS/2 KVM Switch with
> cables
>
> http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS612A/ MiniView Micro PS/2 Audio KVM
> Switch with cables
>
> Each time I bought one, it was on sale at a greatly reduced price compared
> to normal retail.
>
>
> --
> Mike Easter


From: Newb on 6 Jun 2010 21:16
You have guys looked at this from Dealsextreme? It's only $12.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.718
From: Mike Easter on 6 Jun 2010 22:21
MN wrote:
> Mike,
>
> How LONG are the cables on the IOGear KVM switches? (I could not find this
> info on the web site.)

6 feet. That is, each 'end' is 6'+, so stretched end to end it reaches 12'.

- 6' long molded-in cables to simplify setup -

In my case, for one KVM, my towers are perched in an elevated position
on top of the desk and the cables go under the desk which is where the
kb mouse and video cable connect.

I like the fact that there is no software, so any OS works, no switches,
its mode is all controlled with the keyboard -- I sound like an iogear
salesman :-)

It also has some rarely used modes, besides the main one of being able
to just flip back and forth between 2 towers with keyboard clicks, you
can flip it into 'autoscan' mode, in which it flips back and forth
between the two by itself at a given interval controlled by the initial
onset sequence.


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Mike Easter
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