On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 19:29 +0000, Brendan Gillatt wrote:

> You could probably make a switch yourself without *too* much trouble with
> wafer switches.

Not really. Remember, the switching function of a KVM is actually more
complicated then just switching.

Modern KVMs "trick" the connected PCs into thinking the keyboard and
monitor are always connected, even when that machine isn't the one
current selected.

This allows a PC to boot normally, among other things (i.e. maintaining
the state of caps lock).

TTYL
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