I'd go out and buy yourself a belkin 4port omnicube.  They 
used to be $90 @ buy.com + $6 for set of really nice 
kybd/mouse/monitor cables.  Handles high-res, high-refresh
(1280x1024+) no problem and have never had a problem 
loosing the mouse or kybd.

~ Deepak

On Nov 29 2000, at 11:26, Alan Dayley was caught saying:
> 
> I have a monitor, keyboard and mouse switch box.  I can switch these three
> devices between two computers.  It is just a completely manual switch with
> no intelligence or electronics.
> 
> I figured I could use it to switch between my Win and RH 6.2 Linux boxes.
> It switches but when I switch back to the Linux box, the mouse movement is
> hosed.  The cursor just goes everywhere with the slightest of mouse motion.
> 
> Any ways to prevent this?  (I have done no research what-so-ever on this
> problem.  I thought I would ask before I do any work.  Heh...)
> 
> Alan
> 
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