Noel... or someone else with his OS/programming background would be more equipped to comment on this last statement.
 
BIOS stands for Basic Input Output Settings.
It's nothing like an OS.
 
All computers (including some hardware synths, tablets, phones, etc) use an OS.
 
To process audio, the audio has to be placed in a RAM buffer... and then processed using complex math.
The "satellite" computer/s would need instructions/provisions for doing this (aka an OS).
 
If you're old enough to remember the earliest PCs:
Until you loaded DOS (primitive OS by today's standards) from a floppy, the PC was a large useless machine.  
 

Sir Les
the variable I am having issues with is WINDOWS XYZ...Not daws...AND I DO NOT WANT TO RUN WINDOWS OR ANY OTHHER OS ON ANY OTHER MACHINES....I just want to turn em on, and connect them to one system...and make some apps use those other machines to run their update and services....And it must be a possibility///if the bios can address all devices and cpu and memory...then NO OS or other App needs run but a Bios that allows a connection to that system...Hence no irq sharing...no interupts...turn all redundant stuff off in Bios, and only use the connection protocol to access the cpu.
 
Is it rocket science to do?....Nope....So why is it not done yet?.....must sell new, to make more cost and taxes..sales in new,..to make old redundant..so the $$$$$$ keep flowing, and the pollution problem growing into the future to deal with a bigger problem...right?...SO where does one turn to help solve this issue and make things better?...and solve other issues people are having with older builds...and having perhaps Two PC machines...with multi cored processors...and adding them together in some way...Like I mention through the bios only, and one port of protocol turned on.....If one can remote turn on a system with Nic...then it is possible to run a small run time in the bios for cpu access vai x port.
 
 

You mentioned SETI earlier. What makes it work is that the computers can be connected because of their OS not instead of. Each computer only has to devote a minuscule amount of CPU cycles to the whole and then only at specified down times. Audio on the other hand, has to be processed in real time and the fastest inter computer connection we have is Fibre Optic. Still need an OS to manage it, each computer needs a card to provide the fibre connection. Then we don't have the software or drivers available to do it. All this to use some obsolete CPU because it seems a shame to throw it away.
Make real use of it and donate it to a shelter or an organisation that helps get basic PCs into hands of disadvantaged people.

Hi. I was thinking. I have a MOTU card as ASIO card on the DAW. but I got a Rig Kontrol 4 I newer get to use because of ASIO limitation. What about syncing my DAW up to my Surface Pro and run Rig Kontrol and Guitar Rig on the Surface Pro?

You can use the Rig Kontrol just as a foot controller for Guitar Rig instead of as a sound card. ASIO doesn't play into that at all..

i know. i have done that. and it Works Perfect. but i was checking out the input of my MOTU card vs the Rig Kontrol and there was a little differente in sound. and to get the RK sound i have to un connect my MOTU card to get output sound.
its strange that you can not use another card as an input in ASIO.

Swamptooth had the only real suggestion people are using these days:  Vienna Ensembles Pro 5.  It is commonly used by composers doing heavy orchestral/power hungry vsts stuff...VI Control users mention this from time to time...many use it to slave computers.  I did a quick google and it's suppose to run on Win 8 and there is a bit of discussion on this in the googleverse.  
 
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/VSLEnsPro-e
They have a nice vid showing it off... also, details include:
 
 
VSL Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 is your total cross-platform MIDI and audio LAN solution. Deploy Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 as a host on your DAW machine to coordinate your Vienna Instruments and third-party 64- and 32-bit VSTi/AU plug-ins. Shuttle the audio streams from your Macs or PCs back to your main computer, or use it in a master/slave configuration with multiple computers connected through Ethernet. Either way, all you need are simple Ethernet cables - no additional hardware required! If your virtual studio is getting out-of-control, VSL's Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 is the powerful, smart solution.
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• Full integration with Vienna MIR PRO
• Bonus: Epic Orchestra Pack
• ITU surround support
• Preserve feature
• Touch parameter automation

Full integration with Vienna MIR PROVSL Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 gives you full integration with Vienna MIR PRO (installed with Vienna Ensemble PRO 5, license available separately), which can be opened from within Vienna Ensemble PRO 5. Instantiating Vienna MIR PRO on any channel of Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 will route that channel's signal to MIR, which can run on the same computer or another that's connected via Ethernet.
Bonus: Epic Orchestra PackVSL has included a big bonus along with Vienna Ensemble PRO 5. You get the marvelous Epic Orchestra Pack, in all its glory. 83 musicians strong, this incredible virtual symphony orchestra contains over 9GB of meticulously recorded samples, in stunning 24-bit quality.
ITU surround supportVSL Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 gives you full ITU surround support (up to 7.1) with integrated plug-ins for balancing surround-to-surround and mono/stereo-to-surround, letting you easily weave intensely lush surround soundscapes.
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• Includes Epic Orchestra Pack (83 musicians, over 9GB, 24-bit)
• Total integration of Vienna MIR PRO (license sold separately)
• Full ITU surround support
• Full plug-in latency compensation
• Touch parameter automation
• New post-effect plug-in rack
• New audio input plug-in
• Up to 48 MIDI input ports for ALL plugin standards

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Tech Specs

Software TypePlug-In HostPlatformMac, PCUpgrade/FullFullDownload/BoxedDownloadFormatStandalone, AAX Native, RTAS, VST, VST3, AUHardware Requirements - MacIntel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAMHardware Requirements - PCIntel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2GB RAMOS Requirements - MacOS X 10.6OS Requirements - PCWindows 7 (latest Service Pack)
 
 
 
 
I too have thought of this from time to time, having upgraded my computers several times with several fairly decent maschine's R gathering dust.  I can easily overwhelm my 6 cores with diva's and large orchestral templates.  
 
Look forward to how this unfolds!  I'm now "watching" you, Sir!