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Re: Best box to control multiple machines with 1 monitor/keybrd?

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From: PGowl
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:00
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Chuck Ireton wrote:
> 
> kustner@emjay.com (Tom Kustner) wrote:
> 
> >We want to be able to control a number of PCs with one
> >keyboard/monitor.  I have gather information from a number of vendors,
> >including:
> 
> >Blackbox
> 
> We needed to do exactly the same thing and had to go with Blackbox.
> The servers insisted on always "seeing" a keyboard, so we had to spend
> $3,000 for a switch box to control eight servers.  Works great to have
> eight servers with only one keyboard and one monitor.
> 
> -Chuck

What kind of servers were they? Something fancy? We spent $29 at local 
retail chain and can switch between our two Netware 3.11 servers. They 
are just IBM Clone Pentiums, but they do the job for us.
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From: PGowl <pgowl@netwalk.com>
Subject: Re: Best box to control multiple machines with 1 monitor/keybrd?
Date: 1996/08/13
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