QUOTE(Cyclone87 @ Jul 25 2008, 06:19 PM)
I see my lecturer in the lab are using 2 CPU unit on 1 monitor. I notice because both of his cpu have different item at desktop (But at any time, he can only use 1 desktop ) , so i go curi look at his pc when he not around. It really 2 PC connect to 1 projector .
The usual way is to have multiple monitors per PC system. For this to be possible, you need a GPU with more than one VGA output or DVI output. Another way is to have two or more GPUs in one PC system. And, of course, you need more than one display monitor. This is single PC multi-monitor setup.
The display mode that you have seen can be or is called the multiple desktops mode (one separate desktop per one display).
There is also the clone mode where one or more displays have the same copy of the desktop area.
There are other desktop mode like spanning one single desktop across multiple displays (all monitors span the whole desktop area).
All those modes can be applied on Nvidia cards through Nvidia's nView Desktop Manager from its Nvidia Control Panel system tray.
I am not sure about ATI cards.
Multiple PC multi-monitor setup is not commonly applied but it is possible. However you need a specialized software to do just that. There are commercial and open-source versions of this type of software.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-monitorYes, someone has just mentioned about the KVM switch technique.