Controlling multiple Keynote presentation machines at once.

Does anyone know of a network based program that will allow me to control multiple machines running Keynote? I have a multiple screen application that needs to have 3 Keynote presentations going "in sync". I found mention of a 2006 program called Keyshowx from a website called keywebx.com. Unfortunately, it looks like this website no longer functions, so I am unable to purchase the program.
Does anyone have an idea of how this might be done?
Cheers,
Steve

Hi Steve,
Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm in the same boat, looking for a solution to sync Keynotes runnings on multiple macs, and everyone on the web points to that KeyshowX application, which is not longer available.
Cheers,
Peter

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