One PC, two local users?

[tart666]

Is there a way to have two independent consoles running off of one PC sumultaneously?

I mean two sets of keboards, mice, and monitors. Using two video cards, and USB kbd/mice. None of that "network PC" stuff. What is happening now is that we have to have two PC's in the living room side by side, one for me (AT) and one for GF (makeupalley). Both get used at about 10% of capacity. I see no reason one "mainframe" type PC couldn't do the job for both of us. There are multiple OS's that allow simultanous logins, I just want to make both of those logins graphical.

Again, I want one PC to have two independent sets of KVM, each one acting on its own with independent desktops.

Is this possible? Or, if not, does anyone else want this?

 

[EagleKeeper]

The Terminal server may meet your requirements.

However, the cost may not be worthit. Just turn the spare capacity of your system over to Anandtech DC

Once you try what you are suggesting, you are then heading back toward the big iron syndrome and the IT glass house. That is why PC became popular.

 

[tart666]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
The Terminal server may meet your requirements.

However, the cost may not be worthit. Just turn the spare capacity of your system over to Anandtech DC

Once you try what you are suggesting, you are then heading back toward the big iron syndrome and the IT glass house. That is why PC became popular.

The terminal server allows remote logins, no? I am talking local users, 2 of them.

Seriously, two PC's: AXP16 and p4-2.4, two DVD, two 40x CDRW, 200GB each. Seems like a lot of waste to me, one of those could run two sessions of IE very easily, no?

 

[EagleKeeper]

You might be able to find a program that will capture input from devices. You could also just build such a program. Then fire up the relevant application selected by the user and route the selected inputs. HEadache will be what happens if both are going after the same instance of the same application. Who controls the input?