Share PC mouse.keyboard and montior with Amiga - or alternative?

[mintfresh]

Just got my A1200 setup again, its in a tower case so has an external keyboard.

Anyway, its currently using an old Amiga mouse, PC keyboard with one of those big round connectors and a 1084s monitor.
Next to this is my PC with USB mouse,keyboard and a big LCD monitor.

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? 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.

Sorry for all the questions in one post! Thanks in advance.

[Fester]

Hi Mintfresh,

I had by big box 2000 hooked up with a Cocolino adapter for the mouse and a Lyra for the keyboard. Both devices were from Amigakit. Then I had a Microway FlickerFixer AGA 2000 card allowing me to connect my Amiga into a modern monitor. I use a Samsung flat screen monitor.

I had the Amiga and three PCs all share the same monitor, keyboard and mouse through a Data Transfer Switch: An "ab box".

It worked just fine. So yes, it's possible.

If you have a hard time finding a video card for your 1200, perhaps something like this would help.

Fester

[mintfresh]

Thanks for the reply Fester. I'll have alook around the AmigaKit website for the stuff you mention.

Not sure if there is any way of getting a graphics card on my 1200? That hack for the A1000 looks to complicated for me, not sure it'd work on a 1200 either.

I think I need to go down the flicker fixer/scan doubler route for the monitor? Can't seem to see any where I can get one of these though.

I've also seen some boxes mentioned that convert scart and such like to VGA signals? Not sure if these are worth getting?

[Fester]

mintfresh wrote:
Thanks for the reply Fester. I'll have alook around the AmigaKit website for the stuff you mention.

Not sure if there is any way of getting a graphics card on my 1200? That hack for the A1000 looks to complicated for me, not sure it'd work on a 1200 either.

I dabbled only with the 2000s and never really explored the 1200. I purchased a 1200 on eBay once with the intention of converting it into an Elbox D-Box tower, but I hit a snag and brought the 1200 and all the parts to a repair shop in Minnesota and never saw my equipment again. So I'm not sure what flicker fixer is best for a 1200. My ebay 1200 did come with a DCE: Flicker Magic which just clips on top of a couple chips. It worked ok on my flat screen monitor.

[Dandy]

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).

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...