I got a Belkin OmniView SE 4-port (one at home, two at work) and it works well ($225 CDN). This model handles PS/2 and serial mice since you CAN'T use adapters. It is ok to use AT-PS/2 adapters for older PCs. The main thing I found out is that for *real* use, you MUST spend $80 on a hi-res SVGA cable for windows OS, otherwise the quality is noticeably degraded (probably refresh rates). With Linux, I found that the cheap $5 SVGA extensions seem to work fine for X-windows. My local cable store recently got some $20 mini-adapters which are supposed to be as good as the $80 cables for a 6-foot extension. I got one and it does seem ok for windows. One more gotcha is that the Belkin's require M-F SVGA extenders, not M-M. Standard M-M PS/2 for mouse/keyboard. For a 9-pin serial mouse, you need M-F extension. This model can be daisy-chained with 3 more boxes to allow up to 16 connected computers. If you don't care about serial mice (some of us test old hardware), then the Belkin 4-port OmniCube is enough. Thanks... Dan.
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