Is this possible???

[Guest]

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Hey! Something just occurred to me that would be pretty neat. I want to
know if it is possible.


Basically, the goal would be separate interactive consoles. My idea is to
use multiple video cards and USB keyboards/mice. Each setup would be
interactive, and not directly interfere with each other (meaning 1 person
types in on their setup something, it would not show on the others).

If this, or something like it, is possible, I would like to know!

--Don

 

[russell]

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This looks interesting:
http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.html?i=2025&p=1

Russell
http://tastycomputers.com

"Donald McMorris - Ospitare International" <newsalias@ospitare.net> wrote in
message news:sIxgc.92690$e17.74241@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Hey! Something just occurred to me that would be pretty neat. I want to
> know if it is possible.
>
>
> Basically, the goal would be separate interactive consoles. My idea is to
> use multiple video cards and USB keyboards/mice. Each setup would be
> interactive, and not directly interfere with each other (meaning 1 person
> types in on their setup something, it would not show on the others).
>
> If this, or something like it, is possible, I would like to know!
>
> --Don
>
>

 

[Guest]

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In article <sIxgc.92690$e17.74241@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
newsalias@ospitare.net says...
> Hey! Something just occurred to me that would be pretty neat. I want to
> know if it is possible.
>
>
> Basically, the goal would be separate interactive consoles. My idea is to
> use multiple video cards and USB keyboards/mice. Each setup would be
> interactive, and not directly interfere with each other (meaning 1 person
> types in on their setup something, it would not show on the others).
>

Go look at the articles on SlashDot's website for either
Friday or Saturday. There was something posted in the
past few days about two users using a single PC box at
the same time with seperate keyboard/monitor/mouse.

 

[Guest]

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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:06:48 GMT, "Donald McMorris - Ospitare
International" <newsalias@ospitare.net> wrote:

>Hey! Something just occurred to me that would be pretty neat. I want to
>know if it is possible.
>
>
>Basically, the goal would be separate interactive consoles. My idea is to
>use multiple video cards and USB keyboards/mice. Each setup would be
>interactive, and not directly interfere with each other (meaning 1 person
>types in on their setup something, it would not show on the others).
>
>If this, or something like it, is possible, I would like to know!
>
>--Don
>
Not really. In my eye, it is just an attempt to avoid purchasing
licences for multiple machines.

 

[Guest]

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Donald McMorris - Ospitare International wrote:
> Hey! Something just occurred to me that would be pretty neat. I want to
> know if it is possible.
>
>
> Basically, the goal would be separate interactive consoles. My idea is to
> use multiple video cards and USB keyboards/mice. Each setup would be
> interactive, and not directly interfere with each other (meaning 1 person
> types in on their setup something, it would not show on the others).
>
> If this, or something like it, is possible, I would like to know!

Well, I expect you could do this with Linux. The X11 Windows system is
designed to do precisely this sort of thing.

Unfortunately, MS/Windoze still isn't a proper multi user OS so I doubt
it could do this if you're tied to Microsoft.