Mac Mini (not Thunderbolt) to Thunderbolt display

Dear apple friends,
I jumped into the Apple world a few months ago now, with a lot of pleasure.
Still, I have some pending problems:
I have a Thunderbolt display and a Mac Mini (old generation, old square-ish display port) + a Windows PC (tower)
I have also an adapter to connect the Mac Mini to DVI or VGA which I used before with a "normal" screen.
I'm currently connecting solely my MBP Early 2011 to the Thunderbolt display, great!!!
I'd like to do the same with my old Mac Mini and my Windows PC (DVI or VGA)
Is there any easy way to connect each one to the display alternatively or EVEN better all of them to the display and switch between them.
I know, I must get rid of em all but I still need them for the moment.
Any help will be extremely appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Cheers
NRJ

The MacMini should be able to connect to it natively using the mini-display port.
The PS3 will need an HDMI to mini-display port adapter.  Belkin and Kanex make such adapters.

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