Common terminal for IBM AIX + DEC/Compaq Alpha Unix

[Joerg Bruehe <joerg@xxxxxx>]

Dear admins, 

first let me apologize for cross-posting, but I need to get 
information from both worlds. 

I am searching for a way to operate several workstations 
from a single set of keyboard/video/mouse. 
The machines are IBM AIX 
   (model 25T, GXT150 Graphics adapter, IBM keyboard; 
   hopefully a 43P/260 to be added) 
and DEC/Compaq Alpha Unix ("Tru64") 
   (a 2100A 5/250, S3 Trio64 card, PC-style keyboard; 
   and a DEC 3000, graphic card not identified, LK401 (US layout)). 
They are used for SW development (text, 'DDD', administration GUI), 
so high-speed graphics are irrelevant, no 3D stuff involved. 

I would like to hear opinions / experiences how to combine these. 
My current ideas are  
a) using a KVM switch 
b) using multiple X servers on a local (Linux ?) machine. 
All reports / tips / warnings are welcome! 

If you have any other proposals, please let me know as well. 
 
Currently I use 'rlogin' from the IBM to the DECs, but I would 
like to have the DECs' CDE directly displayed on the screen. 
The DECs are in the computing room (and the new IBM would go 
there, too; the current one could join them there), 
UTP cable to my desk exists - total length is 30 m (100 ft). 

Thank you in advance! 
Joerg Bruehe 

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Joerg Bruehe, SQL Datenbanksysteme GmbH, Berlin, Germany
     (speaking only for himself)
mailto: joerg@xxxxxx