Re: Port splitters

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From: Paul Womar
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:00

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Tom Warner <tom@dfind.com> wrote:

> jk <jk@kitchener.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > But I think this a manual 3-way switch, not a splitter.
> > Jeremy
> 
> Sorry, I'm not aware of the distinction. Could you please fill me in?

With a manual switch you have to manually select the device, with a
straight splitter all devices would be connected to the mac at the same
time (althought you would only be able to use one at a time) also an
automatic switch would automatically detect which device was in use and
would switch to that device only.
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