Darxus on Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:54:26 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] XFree 4.0 - multiheading


On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Martin DiViaio wrote:

> Darxus wrote:
> > 
> > So you can put at least two monitors, and at least two mice on a linux
> > box.  Now what about keyboards ?  Are the I/O characteristics of ps2 &
> > paralel connectors similar enough that you could create an adaptor that
> > would allow you to connect.. 6 ps2 devices to a paralel port, and then
> > write a driver to support them ?
> > 
> 
> Several companies use to make graphical terminals with full
> keyboard/mouse support built in. Couldn't you hook one of these up to
> the serial bus and have the X server communicate to it through there?
> 
> These terminals aren't cheep. It does sort of defeat the purpose you are
> working towards but it has an advantage of showing that it can work.
> Once that is shown the OS community can take over from there.

It sounds like you're talking about X Terminals, which have their own X
server ?  
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