Re: One monitor for 'Two' Computers?

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Dave Patrick wrote:

The OP apparently doesn't care about that... or at least that the way I'm
reading it since the questions are specific to one monitor for two
computers.

Well of course he cares about that! He wants to be able to view photos on
one computer through the same monitor that he'll be using to run Windoze on
another box. Pretty hard to view his photos without a keyboard/mouse
controlling that other computer, don't you think? Your suggestion would
mean that he'd have to keep 2 sets of keyboard/mouse input devices and move
between them to do any work, while at the same time constantly switch his
monitor to use one or the other port. This will get tiring very quickly.
The answer is what was previously pointed out by others ... a KVM switch.

BTW, if this doesn't make any sense to someone jumping into this thread
here, it's because Dave Patrick has top posted and all content below his
sig line hasn't been included. Another reason why top posting is not the
correct way to post on Usenet.


Cheers.


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