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john17:
I'm sure this will show my ignorance on the subject but why not emulate Windows for example like the Linux Windows emulator "Wine" dose using software but instead use hardware.
 
I'll explain, For purposes of explanation picture a robot operating a computer running Windows (typing on the keyboard and making sense of what's on the monitor), now your controlling that robot using a separate computer running a non Windows OS, so in effect your emulating windows but using hardware instead of software to do it.
 
The keyboard part is simple they're called "keyboard to rs232 converter".The video part is over my head but I guess that you would have to get or make some kind of AGP card with a high speed data output like USB or Ethernet port.
There would be two separate computers one with Windows that would have the keyboard to RS232 converter and the AGP data-video card, the other with your choice of computer platforms and operating systems that would send and receive data to the other computer.
 
Since I didn't include mouse support this would be intended for macro friendly applications like, spreadsheet, word processing ect.
 
You could manipulate, input, output, and automate Windows and Windows data using your choice of operating systems without needing to know any more about Windows than that particular windows application or applications you're running at the time.
 
Please don't tell me this already exists.

Aloone_Jonez:
I don't understand, you must be mad, what would be the point of this?

A non-Windows machine controlling a Windows machine?

Can't this be done by the remote desktop interface?

It might but there again I don't know if MS have made the protocol public.

toadlife:
huh?

:confused:

john17:
what is normaly happening is your forced to use a specific windows application, not because you love windows but becuase it's only availible in Windows . My idea allows you to, as I wrote;
 
"manipulate, input, output, and automate Windows and Windows data using your choice of operating systems without needing to know any more about Windows than that particular windows application or applications you're running at the time"
 
I think a remote desktop interface would be under the control of Windows so you would'nt have the same benifits you would as I discribe above.
 
Your probably more familiar with Linux Windows emulator "Wine" than I am but in case your not then check this out,
 
 
http://www.winehq.com/site/why#benefits

cymon:
So you have a serial keyboard and a USB graphics card, using the same machine, to run Windows. How is this different then setting up Win2K on an old PII/III, which would be a fraction of the cost, and have better performance. USB doesn't have anywhere enough bandwidth to run a PCI video card, let alone AGP. Not to mention that you're sharing RAM, hard drive space, and CPU power between two (!!!) OS'es. You NEED a mouse to run windows, so missing one is kind of a problem.

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