Two Computers / Two Monitors

I have a Power Mac G4 and one of the early Mac Mini's. Sadly, still in the dark ages with VGA monitors. I have a dual monitor setup on the G4 that comes in handy for Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.
I would like to consolidate, and lose the monitor on the Mac Mini. Is there someway I can use the dual monitor setup for both computers with some kind of A-B switch? Any ideas where I might find something like this?
Thanks for your help in advance.

Gary,
There are many KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) solutions available for PC. Some work on USB, rather than Serial Bus input devices and so should work on Mac, although I think they're nearly all VGA connections for video.
Been a few years since I looked, so I'm sure there must be some out there that are now USB and DVI. Can't remember the other TLA (three letter acronym), other than KVM that is used for these boxes), someone else will know and post.
The really hard part is finding one with two video ports for each switch, but I'm not sure that you actually want to try to drive two monitors off the Mac Mini. It would definitely be easier to run one monitor off the ADC on the PMG4 MDD and share the other monitor between the MDD and the Mac Mini, so just requiring the one DVI port on each switch.
Even finding a KVM supporting two video sockets on each switch would have to have one DVI and one ADC for the MDD.
A good KVM (or the other TLA) would make sure the MDD wouldn't get upset by switching away the DVI video connection.
Google is your friend. All I can say is never buy Belkin, it's tat, and make sure you read a good few customer reviews (not a few good) before choosing which to buy. Amazon, UK and US is good for reviews.

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