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Thanks Peter. Very helpful. What Im thinking of is a couple of things. I do fly a lot of GA, but frankly tend to go in phases. I've done a bunch of airliners in my time as well... :-) My initial thought was project magenta style stuff and or FSNav on one PC and then views on the main one. I have an Nvidia Ti-4200 on my main PC which Im quite satisfied with. On the second computers etc, Im open. I'd like to have ONE FS installation driving secondary computers and or monitors...not multiple FS installs...at least not now. If I could get just a second PC to show say, a Project magenta GA dash such as recently released working that would be ideal for now. Thanks Eric

Guys, I have had in the back of my mind for a couple of years to build a networked group of PC's where I could have multiple monitors to fly FS9 with. However, knowing "not much/very little" about how to do this, and expense of it, I hadnt done it. Now though, Im thinking much more seriously after my brother in law called the other day and told me his firm was surplussing all their 17 inch monitors for 20 bucks each and replacing with flat panel displays. Immediately I commited to two and probably shoulda gotten more. (My wife figures Im a pack rat...she has no idea what Im thinking yet...I like to live dangerously.) In any case, So I have a 21 inch monitor and soon at least two more 17's. I also have another older PC plus a couple of newer Dell units around here. (My house is fully networked with Cat 5 wiring thanks to a former owner who used to own an alarm company.) So it looks like hardware wont be the big issue. I do have a router that gives the other units DSL capability and one PC on wireless. What IS a big issue is that I have NO idea how to hook these things together and how to get such a FS9 rig working. I know it probably takes WideFS and FSUIPC. (I have registered version.) Anybody point me to some place where I can get a step by step recipe to hook multiple units up? I may not do this immediately, but am interested to start accumulating whatevers necessary. Im not looking to go nuts with one of those cockpits (yet...is this like Heroin?) Just a monitor for panel, big one for outside view and another one for FMC or FSNav. Thanks in advance Eric