[GRLUG] what's the opposite of a KVM?

[Tim Schmidt]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:17 PM, john-thomas richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> I'm looking for a piece of hardware that is kind of like a KVM but more
> of its opposite.  Whereas a KVM enables one keyboard, monitor, and mouse
> to control multiple boxes, I want to be able to flip a switch that moves
> control of my laptop on my desk to a keyboard, monitor, and mouse on my
> table in my office.  Any ideas?  I've tried googling for this multiple
> ways but my searches keep ending up with KVMs.

Synergy+ might satisfy your requirements...  though it's a software
solution rather than a hardware one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergy%2B

--tim