electrickpirate
pirate extraordinaire
- Joined
- 26 Jan 2004
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- 111
Ok, first off, hows everyone doing? i haven't been here is so long, prob well over a year. happy to see the board still up and healthy.
Anyway, i figure if anyone knows how to do this(if its possible) someone here does.
What i want to do is this:
Computer 1: its own monitor, keyboard, mouse.
Computer 2: its own monitor, keyboard, mouse.
A third keyboard, mouse and gamepad(nostromo n52, which its drivers make the computer think it has a second keyboard and mouse connected to it that is programmable with the pad's software)
Anyway, i want comp 1s mon. key. and mouse to work on it, comp 2s mon. key. and mouse to work on it, but 1 want the 3rd keyboard, mouse and gamepad to work on both computers simultaneously.
Ex.
i use keyboard1 to play a character/chat on computer1, use keyboard2 to play a different character/chat on computer2. Now, i want keyboard/mouse/pad to move both characters at the same time on both computers.(arrow key forward on keyboard3 moves both characters forward) Its kinda like 2-boxing. I dont want to use a normal KVM beacuse i want all 3 keyboards/mice active at the same time and not have to disable keyboard 1 or 2 inorder to use the 3rd.
is there a KVM that can do that with some setting, or with some MacGyver home modding.
thought about usb splitters, but then keyboard/mouse/pad would have power supplied from both, not good i think. thought about serial splitters, but can i go usb keyboard/mouse/pad, convert to serial, split?
also thought about a real-time keylogger over my lan. problem with that is i have no know idea how i'd take the log/txt/dat file from the main, on the secondary and convert it into virtual keystrokes. and even over my own lan, i don't think i'd like any lag.
thought about making my own usb splitter, find the wire/pinning and just not splice the power supplying wire from one of the computers, if thats even possible.
Thanks in advance for any info that can help here.
Anyway, i figure if anyone knows how to do this(if its possible) someone here does.
What i want to do is this:
Computer 1: its own monitor, keyboard, mouse.
Computer 2: its own monitor, keyboard, mouse.
A third keyboard, mouse and gamepad(nostromo n52, which its drivers make the computer think it has a second keyboard and mouse connected to it that is programmable with the pad's software)
Anyway, i want comp 1s mon. key. and mouse to work on it, comp 2s mon. key. and mouse to work on it, but 1 want the 3rd keyboard, mouse and gamepad to work on both computers simultaneously.
Ex.
i use keyboard1 to play a character/chat on computer1, use keyboard2 to play a different character/chat on computer2. Now, i want keyboard/mouse/pad to move both characters at the same time on both computers.(arrow key forward on keyboard3 moves both characters forward) Its kinda like 2-boxing. I dont want to use a normal KVM beacuse i want all 3 keyboards/mice active at the same time and not have to disable keyboard 1 or 2 inorder to use the 3rd.
is there a KVM that can do that with some setting, or with some MacGyver home modding.
thought about usb splitters, but then keyboard/mouse/pad would have power supplied from both, not good i think. thought about serial splitters, but can i go usb keyboard/mouse/pad, convert to serial, split?
also thought about a real-time keylogger over my lan. problem with that is i have no know idea how i'd take the log/txt/dat file from the main, on the secondary and convert it into virtual keystrokes. and even over my own lan, i don't think i'd like any lag.
thought about making my own usb splitter, find the wire/pinning and just not splice the power supplying wire from one of the computers, if thats even possible.
Thanks in advance for any info that can help here.