Hi,
It might be possible to control two laptops with the same
keyboard/mouse at the same time. Usually to share these devices with
2 PCs you would use a switch, some common ones are the KVM switches.
However, a switch usually means that only one PC is actually using the
keyboard/mouse at one time. But some of the KVM switches support
something called "broadcast mode" where the keyboard input is sent to
all computers at the same time -- maybe this works for mouse input as
well? Their product info isn't very clear on this. Driving 2 PCs at
the same time with the keyboard/mouse isn't common, but I would be
surprised if no one has a solution for this.
Sorry, this info isn't terribly helpful, maybe your computer parts
store can find this info?
Kind regards,
-Chris O
> On Apr 6, 2005 4:11 PM, Amy Bower <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all - I'm desperate to find a solution to this problem. Next week I'm
> > giving a long (hour) power point presentation to a sighted audience. I have
> > some vision, but I usually can't see the details on the projection screen as
> > well as I need to. So I need to be able to view a magnified version of the
> > slide show (using zoom text) while I project an unmagnified view. This is
> > not possible with a single laptop running zoom text, since the video output
> > is magnified just like what's on the screen. My current solution is to run
> > the slide show on two laptops, one connected to the projector that is
> > showing a normal slide show, and one on a separate laptop that is running
> > zoomtext. I sit in front of the latter so I can see the details that I need
> > to describe to the audience. The problem is that this is rather clumsy since
> > I have to click two different mice to advance the slides and animate any
> > objects like arrows etc (which I like to add since I can't point well to
> > objects on the projection screen). A computer (not typically a laptop) with
> > a dual head video card might work, although AI Squared reports that
> > inconsistent results are usually obtained, sometimes both outputs are
> > magnified, sometimes only one. Any ideas?
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Amy
> > ===================================
> > Dr. Amy S. Bower
> > MS #21
> > Department of Physical Oceanography
> > Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
> > Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
> > voice: 508-289-2781
> > fax: 508-457-2181
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > www: http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/people/abower
> > ==============================================
> > "Lest we think that science is all instrumentation, data and theory,
> > some time when the weather is making up, and our gear is
> > hopelessly fouled in the water over the side, and the wire has
> > jumped the sheave, the sight of the bos'n coming on deck is the
> > most important of all."
> > - Henry Stommel's acceptance of the Bigelow Medal
> >
>
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