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mintfresh wrote:

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What I'd like is to get rid of the old Amiga keyboad,mouse and monitor and just have a nice neat setup that shares everything.

Is this possible? If so, where do I start?



Well, best is I describe My setup and what I intend to do.
See yourself if that's something you could use as well:

I have a fully expanded Amiga 4000 PPC and a WinXP pro PC.

In order not to have two monitors, two keyboards and two mice on the desk, I looked for a software solution.

I found RDesktop.
With RDesktop it is possible to remote the WinXP pro box from the Amiga.
Desktop, keyboard, mouse and sound are redirected to the Amiga.

I donated 25 canadian $ to the project and just received the full version, which I'm currently setting up.

But you should be aware that an 68060 prcessor is strongly recommended, as well as a decent graphical card (I'd take an Mediator PCI board with a Voodoo and a NIC to network the two - but that depends on your liquidity).

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mintfresh wrote:

Alternativly, how does the Amiga look when hooked up to a HD TV? Is there a way to connect the Amiga to one of these? Does it look good? Would it eliminate flicker? Would it allow all Amiga resolutions to be displayed? I'm thinking a wall mounted LCD TV would be a good solution regarding space, since I would probably want a TV in the room anyway.
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No idea - I don't have a HD TV yet...
All the best,

Dandy

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