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Chapter 1
Introduction of N2VIEW Motherboard
1-1 The World First 2-User Motherboard
Introduction
The N2VIEW MagicTwin is the world’s first multi-user enabled motherboard solution
available in the market. The special designed 2-user-system motherboard allows two users to
share the computing power of a single PC system. With integrated circuitry onboard, the
N2VIEW MagicTwin
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motherboard comes with innovative software, the MagicTwin,
allowing 2 users to be connected to it and runs up to two (2) stations directly from it. The
unique and copyright-protected technology, allows each of the 2 users to feel like having
himself his own Windows-XP computer. Each user needs to have himself his own keyboard,
mouse, sound device, and monitor. All remaining PC hardware will be shared, even the IP.
Both users can operate on their own station concurrently, similar to the operation on standard
PC, the Windows applications to create and edit documents, to do web surfing, to access
email, just to name a few. There is no obvious delay because of the Time-slicing/Multiplexing
technology built-in. Each user gets an exact and extremely short defined moment to access to
the PC system, devices, applications and Windows itself. Resources are only claimed for
nanoseconds at a time. Both users get from Windows and the PC, what they really need when
they need it! The MagicTwin solution turns the single PC into a cost-effective multi-user
system.
The setup is intuitive and easy. In only a few minutes, users can install and start using their
new workstation. No network administrator is needed as everything to network the
workstations together is done automatically with the MagicTwin software. To configure 2
users system you will need:
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One Motherboard with onboard circuitry support for MagicTwin
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One PS/2 Keyboard Y-cable for two Keyboards connection (cable or wireless)
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One PS/2 Mouse Y-cable for two Mice connection (cable or wireless)
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Two Standard Monitors (CRT, LCD)
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Optional: USB-Multimedia Sound Device or any USB-Speaker
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Installation CD (driver, installation program, tools and manual)
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1.2GHz or higher processor
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Minimum of 256MB RAM (128MB per workstation/user)
