Re: Keyboard Question

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On Sep 10, 12:31 pm, "M.I.5¾" <no....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Hi,

We have 1 PC with 2 cloned monitors.  The monitors are in seperate
offices, about 30 feet apart.  What we need to do is to be able to
have each monitor have it's own keyboard & mouse to control the
screen.  We are running XP.

My questions are:

1) Can you do thing with Windows configuration, or some type of
inexpensive software or hardware.

2) Since the monitors are cloned, I assume that what happens on one
happens on the other.

3) If we wanted 2 seperate monitors on the same PC, what is involved
in that?

If I could get some help, it would really be appreciated.

If the monitors are cloned, you cannot have separate keyboards and mice each
controlling its own monitor.  Whatever you do will appear on both monitors.
You can connect two keyboards and two mice, but you need to be aware that
two people using them at the same time can be a frustrating exercise.

If you wish to have 2 separate monitors with individual displays each
controlled by a keyboard/mouse combination, then you require 2 PCs.  If you
wish to share information between them then they will require a network card
each as well.

I remember a few years ago a specialised product which allowed to to
"convert" a standard PC into a "dual" PC. This was an add-on card
which was a separate processor system (CPU, Video, keyboard & mouse)
which allowed you to shared the "common" hard drive.
.

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