Victor Odhner wrote:
> 
> Now it's up to $299.  You can buy a whole extra computer for that.
> Did Microsoft buy them out or something?

ouch... thier stock holders herd that ;-)

> My need is to run Linux and Windows.  Maybe VMWare would be a
> good deal if I wanted to run three or four guest systems, but
> it sure can't be justified for one.
> 
> I've got an old Pentium 166 that will run Linux just fine.
> I'll keep my hot machine for Windows, move Linux to the old
> box (already set up with Debian), and get a KVM when I can
> afford one.

try VNC...  that will basically replace the KVM.  About 4 years ago I
had VNC running on my home LAN between Solaris, Linus, and WinNT.