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Can i display text to a monitor over distance?

Started by Phantomizer, 16 February 2013 - 06:43 AM
Phantomizer #1
Posted 16 February 2013 - 07:43 AM
Can i display text to a monitor over distance?

As the title says, i'd like to for example keep my computers in a room and run redwire or red alloy wires to the monitors to display what i want on them. Is this possible?
Kingdaro #2
Posted 16 February 2013 - 08:33 AM
It's not possible by wire. The best way of doing this at the moment is having another computer connected to that monitor and sending rednet signals to it. Or you can use redstone/red alloy, if you prefer.

I do believe the devs are planning on implementing peripheral cables into the game, so there's that. There's a peripheral cables mod somewhere on these forums, currently.
Phantomizer #3
Posted 16 February 2013 - 10:46 AM
Looking forward to future updates then, thanks for the reply :)/>
AnDwHaT5 #4
Posted 16 February 2013 - 02:27 PM
yes very easy to do.

rednet.open("side")
input = read()
id, message = rednet.send("id", ""..input)
end

thats the sender the reciever will look like.

rednet.open("side")
message, id = rednet.recieve("id")
shell.run("monitor", "side", ""..message)
end

that might do it i didn't test it if not try making message into api and try it then