SUMMARY : 2 CPU sharing keyboard/monitor

From: Swee-Chuan Khoo (sckhoo@emtds1.nsc.com)
Date: Tue Jul 04 1995 - 03:33:59 CDT


Hi,
   Thanx for the quick reply. Following are the original question
and the reply.

>
> >hi,
> > I am trying to find a product on the market which can let me have 2 SUN
> >SS20 to share the same keyboard/mouse and monitor. I need this because
> >of the contraint of space to put the SUNs and also it look like a more
> >logical configuration since the SUNs will be server and won't be access
> >by user. Only by sys_admin. Is will save money on monitor too. :-)
> > I know there are some for PC, how about SUN?

1)

> No problem.
> Use rlogin to headless Sun, set $DISPLAY to your host, and run x windows
> session.
>
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>
>

2)

> Why spend money!
> We have 5 sparc 5's and one dump terminal which is connected
> to the serial line ttya.
> You can unplug the terminal with out crashing the system and
> connect it to any of the machines.
> OK! I know that you don't get the messages coming on the console
> if the terminal is not pluged in but then they should be stored
> in /var/adm/messages anyway.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Andrew
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3)

>
> Our two main server machines (SPARCserver 10, SPARCstation 1+) get along
> just fine with no Sun monitor, keyboard or mouse. Each one has an ASCII
> terminal (vt100-compatible) worth about $50 at today's prices. I (the
> sysadmin) have an NCD 19" X terminal on my desk, from which I administer
> these and other machines. The one time recently that I had to use the
> console tty was recovering from a disk crash, at which time the machine was
> in no shape to do things with a graphics display and a mouse anyway.
> When I switched the SPARCstation from a Sun display to the Wyse
> terminal, all I had to do was shut it down, disconnect the display, keyboard
> and mouse, remove the graphics card, plug the Wyse in to the serial port,
> and switch the power back on.
>
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>

4)

>
> NuData makes some multi-processor video/keyboard switch boxes. One of the
> model numbers is 4263/4264. I have a catalog from Workstation Express which
> sells these same boxes. Their order numbers are B4264 or B4261. Their phone
> number is 908.842.5757.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> JohnM
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5)

From: Kevin.Sheehan@uniq.com.au (Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child})

>
> How about using one monitor on one Sun and tipping into the serial port
> on the other system for a console??
>
> l & h,
> kev
>

6)

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