I run two computers at my operating position in "studio A". Two
keyboards and two mice really clutter up the table in front of the radio
gear. I stumbled across a piece of free software that allows me to
seamlessly slide my cursor from one screen to the other, and the
keyboard input follows the mouse. You can copy things to the clipboard in one computer and paste it on the 2nd computer, and even drag single files from one box to the other (only one file at the time, with a 100meg file size limit)
The software was easy to install and
ran without a hitch on my junk computers (one old XP Pro box, and an old Dell Optiplex 260 Win7
box). Now, one mouse and 1 mini-keyboard runs both computers at once, I love
it! The software is called "Mouse Without Borders". The latest version
is on Microsoft and doesn't support XP. I found an older version that
does support XP over on cnet. Oh, it'll run up to 4 computers at the
same time, too.
I ran multiple monitors on a single computer about 10 years or so ago with a graphics card and some
software. In my situation, I'm running multiple 15+ year old boxes at
home to share the load, so it looks to be a good answer to my problem. I
could buy something new and much faster that would do everything, but
I'm a tightwad and am always looking ways to keep old stuff working. It's neat to not to toggle between screens on my primary applications, and everything is fast by each computer running with less overhead.
Here's a link to the new version for Win7 and newer:
Mouse-Without-Borders-NEW
Here's a link to the older version that includes Win XP:
Mouse-Without-Borders-OLD
Dave WB4IUY
Here's a link to the new version for Win7 and newer:
Mouse-Without-Borders-NEW
Here's a link to the older version that includes Win XP:
Mouse-Without-Borders-OLD
Dave WB4IUY
