One monitor, many computers

I've got several computers that I'd like to share my 17 inch LCD with, is there a monitor switch for these monitors?

I have a PowerMac with Studio Display sitting next to an iMac G4. I wanted a similar setup, with one mouse and keyboard to switch back and forth between two Macs.
I went with the IOGear USB 2.0 Peripherals Sharing Switch:
http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GUB201
This allows me to click a button and swap between the two Macs. I really like it, the only problem I have is putting them to sleep. If I sleep a Mac, then switch the KVM it wakes back up. Sometimes the iMac loses the keyboard too and I have to pull the USB and plug it back in to get it to light up the mouse again. It only happens on the iMac, not the G4 tower so maybe it's just that machine.
The "other Mac" also sees an "Unrecognized Keyboard attached" while the first Mac has the keyboard switched to it under 10.4. I had to use a separate mouse to cancel the keyboard identification wizard to keep it from coming back each time I switched Macs. After that they were both fine.
Little tricky things, but all-in-all better than having two full-sized keyboards with mice on my desk.
PowerMac G4 Mirror Door, 1.25GHz DP. Mac OS X (10.4.2)

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I understand that I can deauthorize all my computers once a year and reaurthorize the ones I know I'm using. I'm showing one more authorized computer than I know I have and I don't know where the problem is with that. The help topic directs me to my iTunes accounts pane, but i do not see anything on that page that gives me the option of deauthorizing all computers at once. Any help would be appreciated.
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