One mouse click, 2 PC's
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From: Archimedes' Lever on 13 Jun 2010 23:59 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:20:24 -0700, "Artemus" <bogus(a)invalid.org> wrote: > >"Ken Ingram" <keningram(a)overden.com> wrote in message >news:4c157293.3891718(a)news.tpg.com.au... >> Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse >> click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two >> separate PC's (identical units)? >> >> I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to >> find the relevant wires? >> >> Ken Ingram > >Even if you succeed with the wiring the sequence start isn't going >to be that exact as the mouse is a polled device. >Art > Better to synch the clocks on both units and use an applet to *start* the desired process at the same time point.
From: Archimedes' Lever on 14 Jun 2010 00:08 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:34:22 -0500, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: >On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:20:24 -0700, Artemus <bogus(a)invalid.org> wrote: > >>"Ken Ingram" <keningram(a)overden.com> wrote in message >>news:4c157293.3891718(a)news.tpg.com.au... >>> Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse >>> click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two >>> separate PC's (identical units)? >>> >>> I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to >>> find the relevant wires? >>> >>> Ken Ingram > >>Even if you succeed with the wiring the sequence start isn't going >>to be that exact as the mouse is a polled device. >>Art > >Actually, it isn't. Mice are polled devices.
From: Robert Baer on 14 Jun 2010 03:00 Ken Ingram wrote: > Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse > click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two > separate PC's (identical units)? > > I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to > find the relevant wires? > > Ken Ingram Do not think that can be done at *exactly* the same time, as the mouse is clocked by its computer and the clocks are NOT synchronized and may be pseudo-randumb due to spread-spectrum design.
From: Robert Baer on 14 Jun 2010 03:00 Artemus wrote: > "Ken Ingram" <keningram(a)overden.com> wrote in message > news:4c157293.3891718(a)news.tpg.com.au... >> Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse >> click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two >> separate PC's (identical units)? >> >> I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to >> find the relevant wires? >> >> Ken Ingram > > Even if you succeed with the wiring the sequence start isn't going > to be that exact as the mouse is a polled device. > Art > > ....then add a zero!
From: JW on 14 Jun 2010 06:17
On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:08:50 -0700 Archimedes' Lever <OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote in Message id: <3qab16l70s0s0pn9rqoa5ull13dlspi8tp(a)4ax.com>: >On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:34:22 -0500, AZ Nomad ><aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: > >>On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:20:24 -0700, Artemus <bogus(a)invalid.org> wrote: >> >>>"Ken Ingram" <keningram(a)overden.com> wrote in message >>>news:4c157293.3891718(a)news.tpg.com.au... >>>> Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse >>>> click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two >>>> separate PC's (identical units)? >>>> >>>> I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to >>>> find the relevant wires? >>>> >>>> Ken Ingram >> >>>Even if you succeed with the wiring the sequence start isn't going >>>to be that exact as the mouse is a polled device. >>>Art >> >>Actually, it isn't. > > Mice are polled devices. AlwaysWrong. PS/2 mice use an interrupt. You big dummy. |