Hardware & Technical How do I use my PC as a terminal for non gaming stuff?

[GunnerBill]

So it turns out I have a life other than playing ED (I know!!!) and in that life I need to do some work.

Unfortunately my PC is kind of embedded into cockpit arrangement and totally not suitable for doing serious stuff like accounts etc.

Is it possible I can use it in a different room without up rooting it all?

Ideas much appreciated!

 

[Kitfox]

A laptop maybe?

My desktop at home is only really used for games. I use an HP Pavilion for everything else as I can take it to work with me.
Spreadsheets, documents, CAD drawings, microprocessor coding. It can even run Clip Studio Paint and one of those XP-Pen drawing tablets.

 

[GunnerBill]

A laptop maybe?

My desktop at home is only really used for games. I use an HP Pavilion for everything else as I can take it to work with me.
Spreadsheets, documents, CAD drawings, microprocessor coding. It can even run Clip Studio Paint and one of those XP-Pen drawing tablets.

I was trying to avoid that on the account of the extra expense, but it is an option.

 

[Speedcuffs]

Um. Bluetooth m+k, and some way of casting video output to a TV?

 

[Kitfox]

Steamlink or Miracast may be an option.

Or huge long HDMI and USB cable with a powered hub for your other room and run monitors in mirrored mode - may not work if you've got multi screen displays in the simulator.


I remember at work when I first started there used to be an insane setup with the monitors, keyboards and mice in the office with all the computers a hundred feet away at the other end of the building in a server room. There were hugely expensive KVM extenders in line to boost the signals. Of course, this was all VGA and PS/2 wiring and there was a noticeable bit of input lag.
It all got ripped out and replaced by Dell workstations next to the monitors, which are now being changed for cheap Intel Atom NUC PCs.