So I know my computer is considered an antique at this point, but it does the trick for now until I can afford to upgrade.... anyway... So I have a G4 EMAC, and just aquired a second one... can I hook these 2 computers up together and use my new one as a hard drive and second screen?? I do a lot of editing in Final cut pro, and have seen people using 2 monitors, which makes the project seem more organized..... Can this be done with 2 G4 Emacs? thanks
Are you running GNU EMACS on ancient MacOSX 10.4 with two G4 iBooks or PowerBooks? You can create two graphical 'views' (new windows) on one computer, and you want to know whether you can place one view on a second computer, using two monitors? Please correct the above (he writes, from his 1993 LAPTOP!), if I'm wrong. The short answer is ... with GNU EMACS nothing would surprise me. The only rub is that you want accelerated graphics on both displays, and you want each monitor to be a different full screen from the same application. It's very late here, but here's one way (another, I can think of) that uses only Apple software. Network the computer with a fast ethernet cable (do they have 1 Gb/s NICs?). You can run an old X-server on your local computer, using it to start Final Cut on the remote computer. Your window on the local machine will (likely) appear an editing window, where what you type is sent to the editing window on the remote Mac, running Final Cut. I assume it then opens a 'movie' window on the remote machine. Maximize both windows and you're set. X-servers are now called 'virtual network computing' clients. I don't want to discuss it. So, let's call your local application a VNC 'viewer' and the remote's a VNC 'server'. Apple freely gives away VNC servers for 'Tiger', and there are good freeware VNC 'viewers' available. Use the viewer or a 'secure shell' in a terminal window to start Final Cut on the remote machine, maximize the appropriate windows, and you're set (he says, never having done this). All this assumes your connection is fast enough to edit. To know this, you need to examine your possible internet speeds. If your network is fast enough, but you don't have accelerated graphics on a VNC viewer, there is another way. I've little doubt Emacs can now place separate views on two monitors, but your laptop likely doesn't have the graphic card for this. Let us know if EMACS performs miracles. (I once had a job writing e-mail on 4 DEC terminals & answering 4 phones. I was back-logged; so I ran GNU EMACS on each terminal, creating four separate windows on each, then logging in separately to mail on each of the 16 windows.) I don't know how that could help you here. Clarify your hardware and someone may have a more reasonable answer.
