Driving 2 PC's From 1 Set Of Keyboard/Mouse Devices

"Ben Pope" <spam RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Stew Morris wrote:
  > > Hi.
  > >
  > > I have a hair-brained scheme on the go which requires two PC's ( with
  > > different applications running on them ) to receive input from one set
of
  > > keyboard/mouse devices.
  > >
  > > i.e. the user types/clicks and the input goes to both Pc's
 >
 > I'm sure you don't mean to both at the same time?
 >
  > > Does anyone know if this can be done ?
 >
Absolutely !

 > Look for KVM switch to allow you to change the current PC to which the
 > keyboard, video and mouse are connected.
 >
 > Ben
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   > > > I have a hair-brained scheme on the go which requires two PC's ( with
   > > > different applications running on them ) to receive input from one set
 > of
   > > > keyboard/mouse devices.
   > > >
   > > > i.e. the user types/clicks and the input goes to both Pc's
  > >
  > > I'm sure you don't mean to both at the same time?
  > >
   > > > Does anyone know if this can be done ?
  > >
 > Absolutely !
 >

oh, it can definitely be done.. but the question is.. HAS IT ALREADY?

not sure if this will work or not... but....(this will be expensive, by the
way!!!)...

get two identical mice and two identical keyboards (so that the color of the
individual wires inside the cables will be the same, hopefully)... cut the
wires of both mice,... match colors, and splice (those super-thin) wires
together so that you have two PS/2 or USB connectors and a single mouse...
don't forget to also splice the ground (shielding) if any...

do the same for the keyboard...

by the way.. there's NO guarantee that this will work... for several
reasons... but... then again.. there's no guarantee that this will fail
either... also... i'd ask an electronics engineer... because there will be a
chance that this will cause damage to either computer.. or maybe even the
mouse or keyboard...

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therefore... i must ask.. what is this hair-brained scheme? would it be okay
if you connected keyboard and mouse to only one, and wrote a server-type
device driver that transferred any keyboard or mouse data to a client-type
device driver on the second computer, so that the second can act the same
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