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  • S Sebastian Schneider

    That software exists. You have three completely independant PCs and move the cursor over the edge of the screen in order to switch to the next one. Once set up correctly, it is completely awesome. It is called Synergy[^]

    Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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    Bernhard
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    ++ Great software. Used it some time ago.


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    • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

      Maxivista[^] :cool:

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      Paul Watson
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      Such a pity that doesn't work on Mac OS X. I love the idea, more useful to me than Synergy below.

      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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      And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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      • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

        Maxivista[^] :cool:

        Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"

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        Dan Neely
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        Another commercial option would be multiplicity[^] I'm planning to buy a home laptop Real-Soon-Now and will probably end up trying all this and the other two apps mentioned here (assuming demos/trial ware are available for the commercial ones)

        -- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

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        • S Sebastian Schneider

          Actually, I tried to use it at work (because buying a KVM-Switch is deemed "too expensive", but putting a monitor on every server is standard procedure). I just cannot get it to compile/run on either of the three VAXen. (I love those, btw. Nothing beats versioning built into the file system!), so I have to live with three "holes" in the monitor park ;) Synergy is a brilliant solution for Windows and Linux systems, and hopefully, will be for MacOS as well. I just love it :)

          Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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          Chris Losinger
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          Sebastian Schneider wrote:

          Nothing beats versioning built into the file system!

          oh yeah. i've always wanted someone to come up with something like that for PCs.

          image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

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            Sebastian Schneider wrote:

            Nothing beats versioning built into the file system!

            oh yeah. i've always wanted someone to come up with something like that for PCs.

            image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

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            Sebastian Schneider
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            You got me wondering if there is a FS kernel module like this for Linux. Im gonna start googling tonight... If you ever find anything, post it here on CP. I'll do the same :)

            Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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            • B Bradml

              An application that let me move my cursor from PC to PC regardless of operating system. I have 3 PCs on one of my desks right now trying to fix them all and i keep grabbing the wrong mouse or thinking that i have 3 monitors on the same machine. It would be awesome to be able to give focus to a particular desktop just by moving my cursor in its direction.


              Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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              Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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              Another program that does the job: Multiplicity[^] from Stardock[^] There are supposed to be benefits over synergy, but I'm not qualified to comment. I like the idea of the non-active monitors dimming a bit. It would either be really cool - or a total pain. Iain.

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              • S Sebastian Schneider

                That software exists. You have three completely independant PCs and move the cursor over the edge of the screen in order to switch to the next one. Once set up correctly, it is completely awesome. It is called Synergy[^]

                Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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                peterchen
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                Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                That software exists.

                ...and it's rocking cool.


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                • B Bradml

                  An application that let me move my cursor from PC to PC regardless of operating system. I have 3 PCs on one of my desks right now trying to fix them all and i keep grabbing the wrong mouse or thinking that i have 3 monitors on the same machine. It would be awesome to be able to give focus to a particular desktop just by moving my cursor in its direction.


                  Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                  code frog 0
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                  VNC.

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                  • P Paul Watson

                    Such a pity that doesn't work on Mac OS X. I love the idea, more useful to me than Synergy below.

                    regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                    Shog9 wrote:

                    And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                    Richard Jones
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                    Check out pvponline.com. The cartoonist there mentioned such a max tool that spans from iMac to macBook.

                    He was a snowflake, like other "unique" snowflakes, falling down, getting stepped on, and pushed aside to disappear.

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                      Check out pvponline.com. The cartoonist there mentioned such a max tool that spans from iMac to macBook.

                      He was a snowflake, like other "unique" snowflakes, falling down, getting stepped on, and pushed aside to disappear.

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                      Paul Watson
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                      Thanks Richard. What I need now is Maxvista and Teleport to talk to each other as I have a Windows XP laptop and a Macbook Pro laptop :-D

                      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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                      And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                        VNC.

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                        Rage
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                        code-frog wrote:

                        VNC.

                        Yes, definitely.

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                        • B Bradml

                          An application that let me move my cursor from PC to PC regardless of operating system. I have 3 PCs on one of my desks right now trying to fix them all and i keep grabbing the wrong mouse or thinking that i have 3 monitors on the same machine. It would be awesome to be able to give focus to a particular desktop just by moving my cursor in its direction.


                          Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                          Rage
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                          Bradml wrote:

                          move my cursor from PC to PC

                          I have some sheets of paper with data pinned at the wall behind my monitor. And when I want to point out something on this sheets to someone, I always end up trying to move the mouse cursor out of the monitor to the wall ... :rolleyes:

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                            Bradml wrote:

                            move my cursor from PC to PC

                            I have some sheets of paper with data pinned at the wall behind my monitor. And when I want to point out something on this sheets to someone, I always end up trying to move the mouse cursor out of the monitor to the wall ... :rolleyes:

                            Company policy : no access to the internet but CP ~RaGE()

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                            Sebastian Schneider
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                            I hear you! Even worse: When I take screenshots of possible error messages for my docs, or receive error messages from users as screenshots, I always end up trying to click the message away after I am done with it. Always!

                            Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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                              Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                              That software exists.

                              ...and it's rocking cool.


                              Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!
                              We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
                              Linkify!|Fold With Us!

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                              Sebastian Schneider
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                              Hölle, hölle, hölle, hölle! (Hell, hell, hell, hell! :D)

                              Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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                                VNC.

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                                Dan Neely
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                                Depends what you're doing. At higher resolutions VNC can take a significant percentage of the serving machines CPU time. I imagine a software KM switch would have much lower overhead if you're doing anything computationally intensive.

                                -- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

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                                • S Sebastian Schneider

                                  Hölle, hölle, hölle, hölle! (Hell, hell, hell, hell! :D)

                                  Cheers, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

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                                  peterchen
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                                  :laugh: :rolleyes: X|


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                                  We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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                                  • B Bradml

                                    All i need is a mouse that is better at my job then i am.


                                    Brad Australian - bryce on "Problems with Code Project" *sigh* Maunder's been coding again...

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                                    codemunkeh
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                                    > "a mouse that is better at my job then i am" You realise of course that mice can't program or do any sort of computer work at all?


                                    Yet another spam post on yet another forum! I am the lazy one, who sleeps as it suits him, codes what he wishes, and has many years to look forward to. I love being a student.

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