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Dear Group,
I have run up to 3 PCs simultaneously for trading for many years (now: #1 for
DynaStore + Quote.com & #2 for TS4). At first, I had a keyboard and mouse for
each PC, and from the standpoint of desktop space dedication, while the multiple
mice were an inconvenience, the multiple keyboards were a nuisance. I bought a
4-PC switching adapter at a local electronics store for $15-20 --- I have seen
them since on eBay for $5-10 --- and hooked up one keyboard and one mouse to the
adapter, cabled the adapter to each PC, and put the adapter between two monitors
on my desktop. What I discovered was that it worked great for me regarding the
keyboards, but not so great re the mice, so I went back to using separate mice
with the common keyboard, which I have to switch manually between the 2 PCs.
I've never used a switch made by KVM, although I've heard good reports about
them, although my experience was that they cost multiple amounts more than the
simple switch box I bought.
Sincerely,
Richard
cwest@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I happened onto http://www.activetradermag.com/
> <http://www.activetradermag.com/> looking for (different) information and
> notice a reference to "Using KVM switches to unclutter your trading desk" in
> this month's issue of Active trader. I don't subscribe to this publication,
> but if anyone on this list does, I'm sure it would be of interest to post a
> summary of this article as it relates to recent discussion on the list about
> reducing the noise of several computers that usually surround a trader.
>
> Colin West
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