I have all of my noisy, overclocked, large box fan strapped on both sides computers in a shed outside. Stuck a window unit (AC) in it and ran cat5e into the house from there. Using a KVM extender+switch I control all equipment in the shed from one monitor keyboard and mouse in my office sans the noise. To get a dual headed effect I use an NCD Xterminal as my second screen
using x2x to move my mouse/keyboard control back and forth. KVM extenders have gotten really nice now. USB,Serial, and Sound are now extended so you can attached devices on the extended end. The only noise I have is my printer (Xerox Laser connected to an intel print server) which I tend to turn off when not in use.
-chris
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I have all of my noisy, overclocked, large box fan strapped on both sides computers in a shed outside. Stuck a window unit (AC) in it and ran cat5e into the house from there. Using a KVM extender+switch I control all equipment in the shed from one monitor keyboard and mouse in my office sans the noise. To get a dual headed effect I use an NCD Xterminal as my second screen using x2x to move my mouse/keyboard control back and forth. KVM extenders have gotten really nice now. USB,Serial, and Sound are now extended so you can attached devices on the extended end. The only noise I have is my printer (Xerox Laser connected to an intel print server) which I tend to turn off when not in use. -chris