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KeyBoard/Mouse Focus Project


This serial port based box controls the I/O of both keyboard and (serial) mouse ports of up to seven computers. This allows one to setup a pseudo- multiheaded X environment. I have built an X client that consists of a small circle associated with a particular setting of the hardware. I have three monitors side by side, each running X on a different machine. This X client is run on each screen, one on each side of the center screen. Moving the cursor into the circle causes the keyboard/mouse to be instantly connected to the target computer. I move from one computer to the next by merely sweeping the cursor across the screen 'thru' the circle.

I have converted xcutbuf to allow cut and paste between the screens. Emacs 19.29.1 has a feature allowing edit frames to be started on different X servers, so you can also spread a multi-file edit session around all the screens.

The 1st page The schematics, parts lists, etc. are in this file

The code for xgate and friends is here


You can reach me: smp@csn.net