Re: 2 KBs for 2 PC's, , crsss switch,

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:17:23 +0100,
"R.Wieser" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Micky,
>
>> The keyboards are one above each other, and I'd like a simple
>> way, preferably hardware but software is okay, to switch  PC's,
>> so that each PC always has a keyboard, but I can make the kb in
>> front work with the PC I"M using.
>...
> I don't know what one would call this.
>
>I would call that a cross-switch.  Something like this perhaps ?
>
>https://www.newegg.com/p/1DJ-00Z3-000C3

I found this link on the first try.  I'm in the USA if t hat matters. 

>> I don't think normal KVM switches worry about the PC that's left behind,
>
>The old non-electronical ones (ofcourse) didn't, but the "modern" ones (even 
>my decade old PS/2 one) all do.  They would be pretty un-sellable otherwise.

You're saying a standard petty-much mechanical KVM switch should do just
what I want???

Is that right? 

I bought one a few years ago, but then I was trying to achieve something
else, the more common one kb for both pcs.  I will unbury it from the
desk behind the computer and see what jacks it has, or I will look at
new ones, assuming your answer above is yes. 


>Is that why you think you need two keyboards ?  In that case, you don't.

No, it's just that I like it that way.  I don't swtich back and forth a
lot. When I'm using the secondary computer, only once in a while do I
want to do anything on the primary, and I like using a differrent
keyboard. 
>
>Regards,
>Rudy Wieser
>