Re: two keyboards, two monitors, two users, one processor?
On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
> Jameson Burt <jameson@mnsinc.com> writes:
>
> > I seek to use one computer with two full X-windows users.
> > This would be a cheap in time/money approach for my wife and I simultaneously
> > using Linux.
>
> It might be worthwhile finding a cheap 386 or 486 with a good graphics
> card. Install a minimum of programs on it, just the X server. If you
> run xfs on your main computer, you won't even need the fonts. You
> could do this with even a 200 MB hard disk, I think.
>
> You *will* need 2 network cards for this, but setting up two computers
> on a network under Linux is easier than some single-computer stuff. X
> is probably too slow over serial.
I think most X apps would run tolerably over a null modem cable. If I
understand these gadgets right, the can operate at the speed of the serial
port, which is about 120 kbps, I think. Even over ppp (33k modem) many
apps function reasonably well.
> (Just another option.)
>
> It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors, but
> pretty much impossible to plug in two keyboards at the moment, IMO.
Good point, I hadn't even thought about it. How sad that the part with
bandwidth 1/100Mth video is what you can't do.
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