hi Jason. thanks for bringing that up. i know it's an issue that should be considered. i've gotten the impression, and i have my fingers crossed that the UCL RAT may fix some of the Mac/RAT issues.
--fred On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:46AM, Jason Bell said: > Fred > > Just something to consider, and I'm no expert here. But from my > understanding, a lot of people currently have problems with Audio on the > MAC, quality not as good, having to use an external USB device, etc. > > If you wish to use a MAC as a display system and you may wish to make it > the audio machine as well (So that you can display RAT easily), than > this is something to consider. > > I know a number of people have steered away from using the MAC for this > particular reason. > > Anyway, something to keep in mind! > > Cheers, > Jason. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Dech [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 6 June 2007 11:32 AM > To: Marius Schamschula > Cc: AG Tech > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] mac as multi-projection display system? > > thanks everyone for the replies on this. > i'm considering using a Mac Pro as the display machine in a two system > node, and i just wanted to find out more info on how the duallink > display > cards are at driving more standard projectors and monitors. > if the Mac Pro can understand a TripleHead2Go without drivers then > that's > great. > > --fred > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 03:23PM, Marius Schamschula said: > > Fred, > > > > Multiple displays have been standard with Mac OS since Mac OS 7. I > > had three displays on a PPC 8100 machine back in 1995. Doc is using a > > > XServe machine (good if you want a rack mount system, bad if you need > > > multiple video cards - only two slots) with the regular Aqua GUI. The > > > maximum number of displays currently possible on a Mac Pro is eight > > (four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT dual head cards, a build to order option > > > at the Apple Store). > > > > On Jun 5, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Fred Dech wrote: > > > > >hi Doc, > > > > > >i'm not sure i understand you right. > > >you are running X instead of Aqua to pull this off? > > > > > >--fred > > > > > >On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 12:02PM, Nguyen, Doc Lap said: > > >>Fred, > > >> > > >> I've done it with a TripleHead2Go from Matrox. It's pretty simple > > >>with the OSX Intel Xserver we have...It detects the box automatic > > >>without any drivers needed. Just go into the display configuration > > >>setup when you've plugged it in. > > >> > > >> Doc > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > >>Behalf Of Fred Dech > > >>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:42 AM > > >>To: [email protected] > > >>Subject: [AG-TECH] mac as multi-projection display system? > > >> > > >>hi. > > >>has anyone configured a mac AG machine that supports multiple > > >>projector > > >>displays?? > > >> > > >>thanks! > > >> > > >>--fred > > > > > > > > > > Marius > > -- > > Marius Schamschula, Alabama A & M University, Department of Physics > > > > The Center for Hydrology Soil Climatology and Remote Sensing > > http://optics.physics.aamu.edu/ - http://www.physics.aamu.edu/ > > http://wx.aamu.edu/ - http://www.aamu.edu/hscars/ > > >
