[TVARC] Two computers? Need one keyboard and one mouse and one screen?

[Gerald Swann]

Hi Ed,

   I have used RealVNC for many years - it works great. I have several RPi
computers and manage them from my main desktop computer. None of them
have a screen I can look at.

   But I wanted to do some "light" control of an adjacent laptop without
having another VNC screen on my computer.  If you haven't tried Mouses
without Borders, and have a need, you should.  Like Steve said, it has some
quirks, but sure is handy. Ethernet rather than WIFi is recommended.

Gerald
AI4DE


On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 1:20 PM EDWARD KROME <e.krome at comcast.net> wrote:

> look up realvnc.com. I run 5 machines (3 Linux Raspberry Pi and 2 WIN10)
> from one machine; either the WIN10 desktop or a WIN10 laptop. I can even
> see all at once.
>
> Ed K9EK
>
> On 12/07/2020 12:43 PM Steven Roth <ad4k.steven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have been using it for several days.  Like I said, it has some quirks
> such as losing the mouse arrow at times but it is worth a try.  It takes a
> moment after switching for the mouse to connect.  It beats the alternative
> to do it with mechanical switches and all those cords.  I picked the first
> solution that I found on the web but there may be more.  This works for me.
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 12:29 PM Gerald Swann < gds32571 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
>    Thanks for sharing that information.  I had a need but did not know
> there was a solution!
>
> Gerald
> AI4DE
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 7:15 PM Steven Roth < ad4k.steven at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I have two computers with two keyboards and two mouses and one screen.  I
> already have a mechanical switch to alternate my single screen between  the
> computers so I was looking for a switch so I could have two computers, one
> screen, one mouse and one keyboard.  I looked for a mechanical switch
> solution.  Then, I found  the "Mouses Without Borders" app which is free
> and does not have to use any hardware.  It works great.  It has some small
> quirks but it solved my problem.  I hope this solution helps someone out
> there.  It helped me.
>
> 73's, Steve Roth  AD4K
> ______________________________________________________________
> TVARC mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/tvarc
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto: TVARC at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> TVARC mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/tvarc
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TVARC at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/tvarc/attachments/20201209/6ed4bd3e/attachment.html>