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From: jamaass@bluemoon.uucp (Jeffrey A. Maass)
Subject: Re: Connecting 2 computers in parallel
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Date: Sun, 19 May 91 08:04:13 EDT

curlandm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matt Curland) writes:

> 	 How do I go about connecting 2 computers to
> 	 one common keyboard and monitor, so I can
> 	 have each dedicated to particular tasks, eg,
> 	 one would contain a database of information
> 	 while the other is dedicated to running 
> 	 application programs. Both systems are 286's.
> 

Look into running the QNX operating system, which will allow
you to transparently network two 286 machines, and will allow
individual windows on one console for each running task, whatever
machine they are running on. You can run up to 255 computers in
parallel this way.

If you need to stick to DOS, well...

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