Recent content by billbright

Okay - I thought you might be referring to the once popular AB switches used often in "offices", mostly for printers - 2 or more PCs for a printer (before sharing and networked printers) or more likely where a single PC was hooked up to 2 printers - a B&W Laser and an Ink Jet color, for example...

Not really - KVM switches have been around for years (like 20!) we used them server farms and the like. I've had a couple 4 in 1s for years too that I use in my shop. I have another on my SETI farm of 4 old PCs. They work great and save costs and on extra peripherals - not to mention lugging...

I think you should go back and look at your PC and see what you can do to make it quiet and move it back into your room. Your problem is, without a doubt in my mind, distance - as stated above, the keyboard ports (and mouse and video too) are not designed with long cable lengths in mind -...

I'm a little confused as to where you are with this. You said you "...installed a new XP in the same box which is running fine." So are we fixing the box - which seems to be running fine - or are we fixing that copy of XP? If the issue is you are trying to keep the CDs/licenses/PCs together for...