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/ >
