In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
Jameson Burt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
This is exceedingly odd. As a power engineer in training I would say
somebody did a really rotten job designing the power supply in one of your
machines. Was there any other equipment on either of the machines's
outlets? Poor power regulation aside, I don't see how a phase difference
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
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I think most X apps would run tolerably over a null modem cable. If I
understand these gadgets right, the can
From: Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
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However using the null modem cable one must be very carefull about power
supply! Sometimes it is possible to destroy serial ports, when two
computers are
This discussion starts to be out of list's topic, sorry.
I'll send further responses only by e-mail.
If the power instalation is properly designed, it should be no problem.
However I, personally, would always prefere two have an additional zero
current ground wire dedicated for computers only.
Carey == Carey Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Carey It is easy to plug in two mice, dodgy to plug in two monitors,
Carey but pretty much impossible to plug in two keyboards at the
Carey moment, IMO.
Wouldn't it be sort of possible to plug in an ascii terminal to the
serial port, hide the
This question or ones very like it seem to come up fairly often. Of
cource the critical (and hard) part is driving two video cards. It is
possible. There was an article in LJ a bit ago describing the Metro-X
X server, which can control multiple video cards (though they may have to
be a
On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
Jameson Burt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
[snip]
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)
On 24 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 23 Feb 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
[snip]
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
Wojciech Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However using the null modem cable one must be very carefull about power
supply! Sometimes it is possible to destroy serial ports, when two
computers are connected to the sockets powered from different phases.
I've done it :-(.
You're probably
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.
I believe I could get a dummy terminal working through the serial port,
then display on a second monitor (though I don't know any approach for a
Jameson Burt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Carey Evans wrote:
Jameson Burt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
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