Re: Two computers and one Monitor?

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SPAMCOP User wrote:
You can buy a KVM switch or use RealVNC (www.realvnc.com) Free edition which will allow you to remote between the two machines.

If all you want to share is the monitor, then it might be really easy. Every monitor (LCD not CRT) that I've seen in the last several years supports two inputs. Usually one is VGA and the other is DVI but there are little converters so that you can use two inputs of the same kind. One of the buttons on the monitor will switch between the two inputs; if only one is alive, the monitor will automatically pick that one. If you want to share keyboard and mouse also, the KVM switch might be your solution. However, be warned that most KVM switches in most configurations (even if they are powered) don't work worth a damn especially when the keyboard and/or mouse is a USB device.
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Jeff Barnett
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