Re: Need Help Thinking Through a Dual Monitor / Dual Computer Set-Up
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3) Have a second mouse and keyboard available to use the second computer and the second monitor when necessary. (My wife needs to shop on the Internet and I'm playing poker blah blah blah)
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This one is the one that makes it more difficult, I think. I'm pretty sure that #1 and #2 can be accomplished with a normal KVM switch (Keyboard-Video-Mouse). You would simply connect the LCD to the new computer directly, but run the CRT through the KVM. Not sure if there is anything to allow a switch between two keyboard and mouse inputs for the same computer though. Sorry.
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4) [Possibly overkill;] Run both computers simultaneously from the same keyboard and mouse. 1 computer on 1 screen, one on the other. No switching back and forth. Is there a piece of software that can handle this?
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I do know that there is a piece of software that I've seen mentioned here before that can do this, as long as the two computers are networked. Unfortunately, I don't know the name or even what to search for.
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