[OT] Universal Keyboard Option?

[Ken Ray]

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:39:55 -0800, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Hi List:
> 
> Not completely off topic... I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation for
> using a single keyboard in a Mac/Win cross platform setup -- in other words,
> using one keyboard for data entry on two different computers (Mac/Win).  I
> seem to recall hearing about some solution many years ago that would handle
> this, but can't recall what it was.
> 
> (BTW, I'm not looking for a KVM switch to switch between 2 systems, but
> rather a software or hardware solution that allows one keyboard to enter
> data on either system.)
> 
> Any suggestions?

Well, if it was just Macs, you could try ScreenRecycler 
(http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html), and if it was just PCs, you 
could use MaxiVista (http://www.maxivista.com/). But for mixed OSes, 
you can use Synergy (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) - supports 
Windows 95+, Mac OS X 10.2+, and Unix X11 rev 4+.

Haven't done much with it myself, but I understand that Synergy is 
really sweet...

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/