The IT Monkey
09-17-2007, 09:13 PM
That is how it must always be spoken of... with a capital letter.
The Plan. I want to multibox on multiple machines running only one client on each machine.
The Plan. I don't want to explain to every friend and fuckwad (not the same persons, I am not friends with fuckwads but sometimes they deliver pizza) that walks in my house what I am doing with multiple monitors and multiple machines.
The Plan. I want to be able to spend the least amount of money possible yet still enjoy excellent multiboxing experiences.
The Plan. I need it to be discrete, quite, not draw a lot of attention or power and be able to hide the whole damn thing away with a moments notice.
The Plan.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... I PRESENT TO YOU... THE PLAN!!!
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/IMAGE_156.jpg
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/IMAGE_157.jpg
Your eyes do not deceive you! That IS a dell laptop that I have surgically altered. I have spun it's monitor around to face..... THE OPPOSITE WAY!
The Plan.... As white trash as it gets.
UPDATE: The Plan is moving along nicely... now have all four laptops in my possession, modified, loaded with the appropriate software and set up.
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/IMAGE_158.jpg
This is the way I had it set up to begin with. Notice the two upper laptops are actually operating upside down. I was experiencing tremendous lag for some reason and then discovered it was only happening on those two machines. That is when I remembered what Xzin told me when he saw this set up.
Also, Nvidia software actually supports full fps while upside down...
I didn't know what he meant at the time... now I do. My laptop video is NOT Nvidea it is crappy on board Intel. Drivers haven't been made for these things since 2005 so no luck finding an equally cool update that would allow upside down gaming.
I turned the laptops back around and it worked like a champ... except one of the laptops Ethernet port decided to poop on my love train. Picked up a couple pcmcia adapters so that should be fixed.
Last night on the way home I stopped off at the BEST BUY! (sorry for the caps and exclamation point but that is the way BEST BUY! must be said) hoping they would have some cheap wireless mice. Was in for a treat they had a sale on them, picked up 4 for $16 each. (Note to old self: take your reading glasses into stores from now on for the fine print). Couldn't make out from the package if they were IR, RF or BT.... turns out it didn't actually say anywhere so I did a little reasoning. No IR port on the receiver and they were CHEAP so they were not BT. They are "Laptop" wireless mice so the receiver looks like a usb thumb drive, so now I have to get at least one USB extender cord as one of the laptops doesn't like being so far away from me, your so far away from me, all right... damn, sorry for the Dire Straights moment.
Anyway... more (and better) pictures to come. These last three were taken from my shitty camera phone, future ones will be taken with my better camera.
Stay tuned for updates to...... The Plan.
UPDATE #2:
Here we see the final product of The Plan.
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/DSC_3802.JPG
This has been The Plan, an asinine project brought to you by The IT Monkey. Hope you enjoyed the show.
Next Season on The Plan. The IT Monkey en devours to make his dreams a reality by purchasing four 15" LCD monitors and constructing what he lovingly refers to as The Swing Screens.
Viewer 1: Wow, that sound exciting.
Viewer 2: Ah, it will be canceled.
Viewer 1: Why do you say that?
Viewer 2: It's to smart an original. Anything this good always gets canceled.
Viewer 1: Your such a pessimist.
Viewer 2: One word for you... "Firefly".
Viewer 1: Ooooo, good point.
Viewers 1 and 2's mom: I thought I told you kids to take out the garbage!
Viewers 1 and 2: SORRY MOM!
Fade to Black
The Plan. I want to multibox on multiple machines running only one client on each machine.
The Plan. I don't want to explain to every friend and fuckwad (not the same persons, I am not friends with fuckwads but sometimes they deliver pizza) that walks in my house what I am doing with multiple monitors and multiple machines.
The Plan. I want to be able to spend the least amount of money possible yet still enjoy excellent multiboxing experiences.
The Plan. I need it to be discrete, quite, not draw a lot of attention or power and be able to hide the whole damn thing away with a moments notice.
The Plan.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... I PRESENT TO YOU... THE PLAN!!!
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/IMAGE_156.jpg
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/IMAGE_157.jpg
Your eyes do not deceive you! That IS a dell laptop that I have surgically altered. I have spun it's monitor around to face..... THE OPPOSITE WAY!
The Plan.... As white trash as it gets.
UPDATE: The Plan is moving along nicely... now have all four laptops in my possession, modified, loaded with the appropriate software and set up.
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/IMAGE_158.jpg
This is the way I had it set up to begin with. Notice the two upper laptops are actually operating upside down. I was experiencing tremendous lag for some reason and then discovered it was only happening on those two machines. That is when I remembered what Xzin told me when he saw this set up.
Also, Nvidia software actually supports full fps while upside down...
I didn't know what he meant at the time... now I do. My laptop video is NOT Nvidea it is crappy on board Intel. Drivers haven't been made for these things since 2005 so no luck finding an equally cool update that would allow upside down gaming.
I turned the laptops back around and it worked like a champ... except one of the laptops Ethernet port decided to poop on my love train. Picked up a couple pcmcia adapters so that should be fixed.
Last night on the way home I stopped off at the BEST BUY! (sorry for the caps and exclamation point but that is the way BEST BUY! must be said) hoping they would have some cheap wireless mice. Was in for a treat they had a sale on them, picked up 4 for $16 each. (Note to old self: take your reading glasses into stores from now on for the fine print). Couldn't make out from the package if they were IR, RF or BT.... turns out it didn't actually say anywhere so I did a little reasoning. No IR port on the receiver and they were CHEAP so they were not BT. They are "Laptop" wireless mice so the receiver looks like a usb thumb drive, so now I have to get at least one USB extender cord as one of the laptops doesn't like being so far away from me, your so far away from me, all right... damn, sorry for the Dire Straights moment.
Anyway... more (and better) pictures to come. These last three were taken from my shitty camera phone, future ones will be taken with my better camera.
Stay tuned for updates to...... The Plan.
UPDATE #2:
Here we see the final product of The Plan.
http://www.theitmonkey.com/images/multibox/DSC_3802.JPG
This has been The Plan, an asinine project brought to you by The IT Monkey. Hope you enjoyed the show.
Next Season on The Plan. The IT Monkey en devours to make his dreams a reality by purchasing four 15" LCD monitors and constructing what he lovingly refers to as The Swing Screens.
Viewer 1: Wow, that sound exciting.
Viewer 2: Ah, it will be canceled.
Viewer 1: Why do you say that?
Viewer 2: It's to smart an original. Anything this good always gets canceled.
Viewer 1: Your such a pessimist.
Viewer 2: One word for you... "Firefly".
Viewer 1: Ooooo, good point.
Viewers 1 and 2's mom: I thought I told you kids to take out the garbage!
Viewers 1 and 2: SORRY MOM!
Fade to Black