Posted by robert mcelwee on 30, 2000 at 8:49 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Why this doesn't have to be so expensive posted by Tom61 on 30, 2000 at 8:11 PM:
: A switch box is cheaper ($10-30) and would let you switch between multiple monitors and keyboards (which is all that gizmo you mentioned does). $200 is *way* to much, you could build a low end Celeron (~400 MHz) machine for that!
Sorry about blank post earlier (I accidently hit the enter key). Anyway, the video is what really suffers with a cheap switch box. In order to get video that looks like what you would normally see on a monitor you have to have some decent electronic switches. I think I spent about $85 (wholesale) for my last switch box (not including cables which are about $3-$4 each). BUT, the bottom line is this can be done - switch boxes should work well on an arcade machine.