Advantages: Build quality, flexibility Disadvantages: Too few USB ports, a bit pricy
In a world where server virtualisation and remote login is becoming increasingly common, it's all too easy to forget the humble KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) which allows a single keyboard, monitor and mouse to control two or more PCs. For home users with a number of PCs or small to medium sized businesses, there's still a need to control multiple machines from one place without cluttering the place up with all the related paraphernalia. Furthermore, KVMs remove some of the security risks that can arise when enabling remote access.
Here at home I have various PCs I use for testing, editing and so on so I was pleased to get my hands on a new 4 port KVM from Aten. The Masterview CS1774 is rather more than the basic units you might find at PC World though - it has a number of interesting and useful features over and above the basic ability ...
Advantages: well written, engaging story Disadvantages: Difficult for younger children to read on their own
the story of Cy an ordinary boy living in an ordinary town. When Cy sleeps like millions of other small boys, he dreams of exciting adventures in far away places. One day he wakes from a dream about ancient Egypt with the feeling that he had not finished the dream off properly. In his dream a small Egyptian boy named Aten is about to be executed and Cy feels it is up to him to save him. But you can't control dream? or can you. With the help of a very odd companion, the ?Dream Master? a rude and mischievous dwarf with magical powers that appears from nowhere, Cy manages to re-enter the dream and try once again to rescue his newfound friend Aten. From this point on Cy 's life becomes anything but ordinary as his dream world and his reality become intertwined. In a classical timeslip type plot Cy begins an adventure in ancient Egypt while Aten tries ...
Advantages: Compelling, moving and beautifully detailed Disadvantages: Takes the occasional fictional diversion from fact
clear that Nefertiti is being corrupted by the power and ambition of her husband, and rather than keeping him in check she only encourages him, supporting him as he goes against thousands of years of Egyptian tradition, elevating a new God above the old protectors of Egypt, rejecting his first wife Kiya, destroying the temples and building the new royal city of Amarna to glorify Aten and turn the royal couple into deities. Families are destroyed, corruption runs rife and the outskirts of Egypt are threatened by invasion, but Pharaoh is too busy in his vain pursuits to notice anything outside of his own palace. Nefertiti's beauty and charisma enchant her people and her husband alike, but her selfish nature leads to a rift between the two sisters that will tear them apart and echo throughout Egypt. Ultimately, the inevitable happens ...
ATEN's economy LCD KVM console, CL1000M, offers a space-saving, streamlined approach to IT environments by integrating a keyboard, 17" LCD monitor, and touchpad in a 1U Slide away housing. The LCD display is built into the cover; the keyboard and touchpad are built into the base. Setup is fast and easy. There is no software to configure, no installation routines, and no incompatibility problems. Slide the console module section out; flip the cover up; and you are ready to go to work. When finished, flip the cover down and slide the console module away back into the rack. There is no better way to save time and money than with a CL1000M installation. By using the CL1000M to manage your installation, you: (1) save all the space those standard components, keyboard, mouse, and monitor, would take up; (2) eliminate the expense of having to purchase a separate keyboard, monitor, and mouse for each computer if attaching to a KVM switch; (3) take advantage of upgrading your current system, since CL1000M is compatible with all types of KVM switches; (4) save time for installation. Just connect the cable between CL1000M and a KVM or a computer, and the CL 1000M is ready to serve you.
