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From: tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X on HP 400 series, multiple screens?>
Message-ID: <100920255@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 23 Nov 90 23:01:41 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> It's not a perfect setup though.  There's still only one hil loop
> (i.e., 1 keyboard) per cpu, so only 1 graphics head can be used interactively,
> say, for running X.

Again, while there's only one HIL loop, it can support multiple keyboards
and mice.  Then using the Xndevices file, you can assign which keyboard/mouse
gets assigned to what server.

You can actually support three independent X stations using this supported
scheme.

Thomas Gilg
tomg@cv.hp.com