Software Alternatives
There are software alternatives to some of the functionality of a hardware KVM switch, such as Synergy, which does the switching in software and forwards input over standard network connections. This has the advantage of reducing the number of wires needed. Screen-edge switching allows the mouse to function over both monitors of two computers.
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