Re: Turn Laptop into an extra monitor for your PC

[Pete Shew <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Synergy is a great program, but it doesn't do the same thing as
MaxiVista. Maxivista uses another PC as an additional monitor, Synergy
controls two of more computers with the same mouse and keyboard, but
with their own displays.

I use Synergy to control my laptop which sits next to my desktop, and by
moving the mouse cursor left, it disappears from the desktop monitor and
appears on the Laptop monitor. Keyboard and mouse actions go to the
computer that has the mouse. Cut and paste is supported.

I also have a KVM for switching other computers to the main display and
use VNC for remote computers and sometimes to get the displays on the
same screen.

It can get very confusing, especially if I start up a VMWare virtual
machine or two as well.

Pete

Don McAllister wrote:

>Before shelling out your hard earned cash, you might want to look at
Synergy
>which seems to do the same - its a free app.
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>http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergy2/
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>I used it a while ago and was quite impressed.
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>Don
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mark McCall [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 14 December 2004 10:32
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: [ukha_d] Turn Laptop into an extra monitor for your PC
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>>Mr Doxey just found this...
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>>http://www.maxivista.com/
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