[geeks] Odd KVM question

[Mouse]

> I'd like to share just the LCD between the two terminals without
> having to swap the actual VGA cable.

> I've always been taught/told that those old school beige A/B
> "ker-chunkers" violate the laws of nature and will blow your
> equipment up.

If they are break-before-make switching across all pins - that is, if
they disconnect from the one device completely before connecting to the
other at all - then I can't see how they're any different from
replugging a cable.

Whether moving the cable is dangerous is a different question entirely,
one to which I've heard different answers depending on various things,
but I've never heard/seen any reason to think it's dangerous in the
particular case of analog video.

And, of course, that's assuming the switchbox _is_ break-before-make.

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