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Article #323Re: Ideas needed for remote control of PC
From: Rhett Tindall
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:08
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:08
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I just purchased GyroRemote Keyboard and GyroMouse Pro by Gyration (www.gyration.com). These new wireless RF devices work slick. You can purchase them at computers4sure.com and other places. Most other wireless keyboards use IR which has VERY limited range. The only other RF keyboard I've used is by InterLink and it's joystick-like, mouse-device was the pits. -=Rhett "Serapax" <mka27@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:PkDh7.4619$V5.14612@news1.sunsh1.vic.optushome.com.au... > Hey all, > > I have a PC in the study with DVD and it's also my main gaming machine. At > the moment I output DVD to the telly via 10 meter S-VHS and audio cables > down the hall to the lounge. It's a pain to run back and forth to > start/stop/pause etc, but the quality is great and this PC is a bit too > noisy to have in the lounge anyway. > > I plan to put a lesser PC (no monitor but will have output to the TV when > not viewing output of the DVD PC) in the lounge to play mp3's. All my PC's > are connected via 10mbps Ethernet, so I was wondering if there is some way I > can take advantage of the keyboard and mouse on this machine to control the > better PC in the other room when watching DVD's (and ideally even games on > the tv!). I'm assuming that something like PC Anywhere isn't what I'm after > because I really only need to have keyboard/mouse input to the other machine > which is sent via ethernet, with the high-bandwidth audio/video going > straight to the TV (ie I won't even have a monitor for the lounge PC) rather > than having a virtual desktop. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers! > > > >
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