Input Director (2 comps 1 mouse)
Posted: 17 June 2008 02:29 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Probably of no interest to anyone here but I found this tight program called Input Director. It lets me set my two computers up side by side and use one keyboard/mouse combo to control both like they are all part of the same screen. It even shares the clipboard. There’s other software here, FYI. Previously I used VNC/RDP/DameWare etc. to control both at once, but the display refresh was too laggy for continuous use. Not to mention that I didn’t even need the display to carry over since the two computers were right next to eachother; each with its own monitor. Anyway, Input Director is tight so far and makes my current dual computer set up a lot more tolerable. Maybe I’ll take a pic later to show you what I mean.

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Posted: 17 June 2008 02:36 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Sounds interesting, When I pick up a second computer(from a dumpster) to use as a server or a solitaire playing machine I will definitely try this out.

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Posted: 17 June 2008 02:36 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Like a KVM?  Not sure what you mean.

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Posted: 17 June 2008 02:41 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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ShadowXOR - 17 June 2008 02:36 PM

Like a KVM?  Not sure what you mean.

Like a KM (no video). Except normal KVMs are hardware that you have to buy. This is just a program you install on each computer and it works over the network. It seems pretty fast/responsive too.

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Posted: 17 June 2008 03:31 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Sounds cool except I don’t have two computers set up and probably won’t.  Though it could have potential to be used at my work.

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