What is the cheapest way of connecting 15 cpu's to one monitor?

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Kevin,
What you want is a KVM switch. Most of the KVMs are 4 port switches, but 
there are larger ones. I just upgraded my 2 port switch to a 4 port Linksys 
switch for under $100.  I use a 4 port switch at work also.  You can daisy 
chain the switches I believe.  Unfortunately, most PCs won't boot without a 
monitor and keyboard attached. This is a BIOS issue. Linux and Unix systems 
themselves are  very happy without a console.

Also note that we have a beowulf cluster set up on the Compaq Testdrive 
system.
http://testdrive.compaq.com

"Kevin M. Gleason" wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just got the college to loan me 16 Compaq P100's to build a (alright
> slow) Beowulf cluster and I have a bunch of mouses, monitors, and
> keyboards that I don't think I need. Is there a switch that I can buy
> that will reduce all of this hardware to quantity ONE? If so, get where
> and how much should I budget?
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org


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