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XP wiring question about pair stations
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| eXtremos:
A "pair station" is a workstation configured for pair programming.
Dual keyboards and mice are becoming popular here, and multiple monitors are
popular everywhere.
Now suppose I were co-piloting, and I
Ethically, this is correct, right? I won't get lost reading www.sluggy.org
or something, right?
Technically, I can grab a wireless notebook. Or I could redirect my
keyboard, mouse, and monitor to my own CPU, and Google without interrupting
my colleague developing.
To shunt the keyboard, I have heard of folks using VNC. But that would seem
to waste one (or two) monitors. And we can't use Windows Terminal, because
that opens a new Desktop for each connection to a CPU.
How to shunt the keyboard and mouse (preferably on >=WinXP) without using an
AB box? How, when not shunted, to fully use the avoid losing extra monitor?
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Phlip
http://industrialxp.org/community/b...tUserInterfaces
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| Phlip wrote:
> eXtremos:
>
> A "pair station" is a workstation configured for pair programming.
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> Dual keyboards and mice are becoming popular here, and multiple monitors
are
> popular everywhere.
>
> Now suppose I were co-piloting, and I...
aaargh, and suppose I were pair-posting and my pair reminded me to finish as
many thoughts as possible...
Now suppose that I wanted to help by Googling for some technical tidbit. So
I grab a computer different from my pair's, and go surfing.
> Ethically, this is correct, right? I won't get lost reading www.sluggy.org
> or something, right?
>
> Technically, I can grab a wireless notebook. Or I could redirect my
> keyboard, mouse, and monitor to my own CPU, and Google without
interrupting
> my colleague developing.
>
> To shunt the keyboard, I have heard of folks using VNC. But that would
seem
> to waste one (or two) monitors. And we can't use Windows Terminal, because
> that opens a new Desktop for each connection to a CPU.
>
> How to shunt the keyboard and mouse (preferably on >=WinXP) without using
an
> AB box? How, when not shunted, to fully use the avoid losing extra
monitor?
>
> --
> Phlip
> http://industrialxp.org/community/b...tUserInterfaces
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