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From: jamaass@bluemoon.uucp (Jeffrey A. Maass)
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Subject: Re: how to set up a remote terminal?
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Date: 6 Apr 91 13:37:23 GMT
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ramaley@csli.Stanford.EDU (Alan Ramaley) writes:

> 
> (1)	I could try to split the video signal, and put a keypad and a
> monitor in with the DJ's; but I'm concerned about issues of signal
> degradation over the 40 feet the signal would need to travel, and how
> I would go about splitting the video from a pc anyway.
> 

Alan: Get a Black Box catalog (sorry, don't have the address/phone here
at home). They have a video/keyboard/mouse splitter available at
a reasonable cost which will run out to 100 feet for EGA video (longer
for monochrome).

Oryou could do it right and look into the QNX operating system,
which supports multiple terminals with access control for tasks and
resources (it's multi-tasking and multiuser, and UNIX-like, made 
to advantage in applications like yours). This solution is more 
expensive and has learning-curve disadvantages to the Black Box
solutions.

Jeff

Jeff Maass                   Amateur Radio: K8ND (@ W8CQK)
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