Re: One Console / 2 systems

[Jromeh <Jromeh@xxxxxxx>]

Hi--

Have personally witnessed a powered up keyboard plug insertion cause PC 
failure and eventual motherboard replacement. Was not a happy situation. 
:) Because of this, my desktop and notebooks are always powered off when 
making connections. Perhaps a keyboard A/B box would be a safer way to 
provide the same solution?

--Jerome

boothm said:

>Having the same space problem myself, I settled on a compromise: two
>terminals, one keyboard.  Plugging and unplugging was not a chore because
>I really didn't use them both at the same time.  But I did find that not
>having the second console close at hand to be a real trial.

>>I would strongly advise you to buy (or rent) a second console.  For the
>>amount of time you will be spending, it will be worth the additional
>>productivity.

>>Secondly, you will likely want to 'go back and look at something' on the
>>old system, and having the two consoles side-by-side will be helpful.

>>>We are limited on space and I would like to use one console for both
>>>machines.  What is the best way to do this ? A/B Switchbox ??   We have
>>>some old software (DiplomaC) which needs to be converted to ILE-C so
>>>this will take awhile.

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