Share PC mouse.keyboard and montior with Amiga - or alternative?

[Fester]

Hi Mintfresh,

I had by big box 2000 hooked up with a Cocolino adapter for the mouse and a Lyra for the keyboard. Both devices were from Amigakit. Then I had a Microway FlickerFixer AGA 2000 card allowing me to connect my Amiga into a modern monitor. I use a Samsung flat screen monitor.

I had the Amiga and three PCs all share the same monitor, keyboard and mouse through a Data Transfer Switch: An "ab box".

It worked just fine. So yes, it's possible.

If you have a hard time finding a video card for your 1200, perhaps something like this would help.

Fester

[Fester]

mintfresh wrote:
Thanks for the reply Fester. I'll have alook around the AmigaKit website for the stuff you mention.

Not sure if there is any way of getting a graphics card on my 1200? That hack for the A1000 looks to complicated for me, not sure it'd work on a 1200 either.

I dabbled only with the 2000s and never really explored the 1200. I purchased a 1200 on eBay once with the intention of converting it into an Elbox D-Box tower, but I hit a snag and brought the 1200 and all the parts to a repair shop in Minnesota and never saw my equipment again. So I'm not sure what flicker fixer is best for a 1200. My ebay 1200 did come with a DCE: Flicker Magic which just clips on top of a couple chips. It worked ok on my flat screen monitor.