Quote Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=172676#post 172676
there is no way to emulate certain aspects of software in hardware -- which seems backwards, since most of the software is all just trying to emulate hardware. PiP swapping, seamless and reliable mouse movement... not gonna happen in a pure hardware version.
I've never shared your view that multiboxing software is essentially an emulation of hardware. This has always seemed peculiar to me.

My basic idea for HotkeyNet was, "I'll write a hotkey program like AutoHotKey except it will work on an entire network of computers instead of a single PC, and every PC will be able to control all of the others, and there will be an interpreted script language." What does this have to do with emulating hardware? So far as I can see, nothing.

I don't think the relationship between multiboxing hardware and software is emulation. I think the relationship is like the one between phones and email, or between rifles and shotguns, or between cars and motorcycles. The relationship is a Venn diagram with two circles that partially overlap. The overlap indicates a bunch of tasks that both can accomplish; but each one can do certain things that the other can't. And for the common tasks, the ones in the overlapping area, each one has advantages and disadvantages relative to the other.