for a more detailed view of the matter check out this thread:

http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=hacks;action=display;num=1021788501;start=0

might want to search KVM here also, i've extolled their virtues on a regular basis. if the KVM switch you found is the one in the macwarehouse catalog, i recommend it highly, i can't think of the brand name.

jt ™. .

i don't understand why people here compare the pricing for new peripherals with the absurdly low cost of dumpster ballast. IMHO, $60 may be a lot of money for a mechanical KVM switch, but it's no more than three or four times the price than a crappy one for a PC, handles the monitor sense pins and ADB without any problem for me and is not only produced for a market infinitely smaller than the wintel world, it's available NEW for an interface that hasn't been on the market for how long?

reality check time comrades, if you're not building your own, anything available NEW for 68k macs or to adapt 68k peripherals to "modern" interfaces is going to cost MORE, that's when it's available at all. (like that cheap ADB to USB converter you were looking for a while back Ti!) if you happen to luck into a bargain, great, but don't expect bargain basement prices on EVERYTHING!

<rolleyes>

you can switch them all you want with the proper equipment, your friend is confusing switching with hot plugging. (which you cand get away with most of the time on later Macs if you're careful and lucky, but you'll probably fry one eventually)

i'm tired, cuz i just woke up and i was probably harsher in this post than i've ever been, but this kind of attitude is rapidly becoming a pet peeve. nothing personal toward any individual comrade, but a general 68kMLA attitude that if something costs more than garbage does it's overpriced seems to be developing, and that's a load of pure, unadulterated, b******t! IMNAHE f*****n' O!

jt ™. .

p.s. that second deleted expletive was freakin' i just felt like getting cute!

p.p.s. the first one is exactly what comes to mind!

i aplolgize, it seems i failed to make that clear!

there is much more detailed info in my postings in that fritter thread. if you have any more specific questions after reading it, i'd be glad to answer them, but first look thru the other thread, please.

jt ™. .

p.s. typing the same long explanations repeatedly has been wreaking havoc on wrists that survived decades of computer use before getting involved here!

p.p.s. before that manual switch hit the market they were about $200 a pop back when i really needed one, needless to say i grabbed one of these right away and it has been a wonderful convenience!