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Can I share an ADC flat panel w/cube and DVI PC?
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Sep 27, 2002, 01:54 PM
 
Just wondering if there's some kind of switch that can do this? What would also be nice is if it could share the keyboard and mouse too. What software/hardware would I need on the PC end of this? IE do I need any special drivers or anything?
     
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Sep 28, 2002, 02:07 PM
 
Originally posted by MikeD:
Just wondering if there's some kind of switch that can do this? What would also be nice is if it could share the keyboard and mouse too. What software/hardware would I need on the PC end of this? IE do I need any special drivers or anything?
IMHO, the best way to do this is with a KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) switch that supports DVI connections. In order for this to work, you would have to use an ADC->DVI adapter to connect the Cube to the switch, a DVI cable to connect the PC to the switch, and finally a DVI->ADC adapter to connect the switch to the monitor.

There might also be a KVM switch that supports ADC, in which case you should just need a DVI->ADC adapter for the PC to the switch. I don't know if anyone makes one of these, though.

I do know that Apple. Dr. Bott, and Formac all make DVI-ADC adapters. From what I've heard (no firsthand experience), the Apple ADC monitors work fine on PCs with the DVI->ADC adapter.

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