I know how to set the dual mice, and dual monitor, but not sure about the
keyboard. My idea is pretty stupid: you can have a video card with dual
monitor connector (eg G400, G450, Geforce2 MX Dual head), config a dual
monitor "Clone display", then place one monitor in office, one at customer
desk (you may need a long monitor cable); You can also have two mice on one
PC (only one would work at a time), so the simplest way would be having a
USB mouse in office and a PS2 mouse with long mouse extension cable outside;
if my memory is right, you can too have two keyboards (same as mouse, only
one works at a time), as long as they don't use same interface (eg. one USB
+ one PS2).

there should be switch box that does exactly what you want, I'm sure someone
else can point you where you can get them (let me know if such product
exist).

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Cook" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 5:30 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Controlling Computer from 2 Locations


Hello,

     I have a customer who has a computer set up in his office.  He wants to
have a monitor, keyboard and mouse set up outside the office at a customer
desk so he can look up information without having to buy another computer
and network the two systems.  The computer will be controlled from only one
location at a time.  Can someone give me a list of the parts (cables,
switches, etc.) that I would need to set this up.

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