Gerrit 2000-08-16 19:09
Hi,
I'm wondering if there is a virtual VideoAdapter for Win2K which allocates
a framebuffer as simulates a secondary display.
It could be very useful to have such a device and attach a remote viewer
like VNC (patched of course) to the framebuffer.
Is there such a driver?
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Christian Studer 2000-08-16 22:59
I think you're looking for a mirror driver. NetMeeting is using one for remote desktop sharing.
Christian Studer
http://www.realtimesoft.com
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Gerrit 2000-08-16 23:49
Not exactly,
my understanding of a mirror device like described in the Microsoft
DDK is, that it really mirrors the information on a real adapter to a
virtual framebuffer, which can be transferred to another place.
I have a setup of two machines standing side by side each with one graphics
adapter and a monitor. They are networked.
What I want is a virtual adapter without any hardware. This virtual adapter
can be used as secondary display. The data is transferred to the second
computer, which works as a graphical terminal for display only.
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Christian Studer 2000-08-17 00:40
Okay, I see what you mean. Looks like you'll have to write your own display driver...
BTW, why do you want to do this anyway? Wouldn't it be easier to build a real multimon system by moving the video card and monitor from system B to system A, add a dirt-cheap video card to system B and remote-control it from system A?
Christian Studer
http://www.realtimesoft.com
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