ScreenRecycler

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Version: 0.86 || Release Date: 2007-03-08 || License: Shareware ($29.90)

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DESCRIPTION
Most Mac users have a spare computer sitting right next to their main computer on their desk. ScreenRecycler now enables you to use this spare computer as second display for your Mac. You can even use an idle machine for that purpose.
Just start ScreenRecycler on your Mac then connect to ScreenRecycler via VNC from your old machine.

Required OS: 10.4
Tags: vnc , screen , recycle

3 Opinions

by qsiv, 2009-08-03

not freeware, at least not anymore

by bumper314, 2009-03-06

This program is nice, but it's not free. Going over wifi the secondary monitor suffers from heavy artifacts when doing anything animated (expose, etc), but it's understandable given the underlying VNC protocol.