ScreenRecycler - 1.36

Works well and fast. (Mac Pro and iMac G3 as second monitor) Very simple installation.

I like this software. It fits what I need and does well exactly what it claims to do well.

You've got to hand it to the author of this code... he wrote two useful programs to work together when he found there was nothing out there to do what he (and I) needed.

So, I use this on a MacBook Intel machine (which didn't have dual monitor mode, except for mirroring displays) and I use an iBook G4 (both Tiger) as the second display. I also installed Screen Spanning Doctor, on the suggestion in ScreenRecycler troubleshooting section. That suggestion alone was worth a lot.

On price point... even if a second monitor would work here, $25 is a fair price to pay if this is what you need - either to put a second computer to use as a second monitor, or to get dual-screen capability when it would otherwise be impossible.

I loved this utility when it was free.

Fast response from the author.

But for $30 I removed it.

$30 is a big step towards getting an extra 20 inch flat screen monitor.

ScreenRecycler contains just code I've written, there is not a single line of open source in this program.

ScreenRecycler is the first and only program of it's kind. It just uses the VNC protocol, cause in the beginning I thought that writing ScreenRecycler would be enough, as there are dozens of free VNC clients out there - I was wrong.

I even had to write JollysFastVNC to have a fast VNC client, There is not even one VNC client out there that's even close keeping up with the traffic ScreenRecycler generates.

Do not speculate on unknown grounds - Patrick

I thought this might be a useful tool when free or for very few dollars. At this price, there are better options.