Starting with Windows98, MS added the ability for multi monitors. You just add a video card in for each monitor used. Some high end vid cards had two plugs on the back for just this use. So lets say you have an AGP card in your computer now. If you added a compatible PCI card, you could run two monitors.
-----Original Message----- From: Candace Cottrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:30 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: MultiMonitorMess Ok, I didnt know I could be doing different things on the same box. So, how do you tell your computer that it has 2 or three input and output sources? How does this all work? Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer The Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Dayton, OH 45404 937-641-4293 http://www.childrensdayton.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/5/2003 12:25:17 PM >>> Here's one very good use for 2 monitors, one for all the tool pallets and the other for your work area. Or if you have 3 monitors, front and side views for gaming. larry At 08:35 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Ok, why do you need 2 montors for the same puter?? > >Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer >The Children's Medical Center >One Children's Plaza >Dayton, OH 45404 >937-641-4293 >http://www.childrensdayton.org > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/4/2003 9:02:32 PM >>> >Do both monitors cables have ferrite blocks on them? You can pick >them >up at Radio Shack usually. That might reduce it. > >Another possibilty is to ensure a ground to the "bad" one - loop wire >from the metal casing (usually visible through the vents) to something >nice an metal - like a baseboard heater or something... > >Once you go dual you'll never go back! > >Jim Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:04 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: MultiMonitorMess > > > > > > Two ATI cards (hey, it was cheap), a 19" KDS and a 15" Dell > > rebrand. It's not the cards -- there's a free slot between > > them and the line goes away when the Dell 15" is off. > > > > > > -- Ben Doom > > Programmer & General Lackey > > Moonbow Software, Inc > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > : From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > : Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:42 PM > > : To: CF-Community > > : Subject: Re: MultiMonitorMess > > : > > : > > : Use 7018 rod when welding it. > > : > > : What type of monitors? We have many workstations here with > > dual monitors > > : using View Sonics and Matrox Dual Video card. No problem here. > > : > > : At 04:33 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > : >So I dropped a spare video card in my workstation, so I > > could set up a > > : >second montor. > > : > > > : >Problem is, if I turn the second one on, both monitors get > > this annoying > > : >crawling line on them. I put them about as far apart (6-7") as >is > > : >convenient on my desk, and it reduced the problem, but > > didn't solve it. > > : > > > : >Short of borrowing my boss's welding iron and building a shield, > > : anyone have > > : >any ideas? > > : > > > : > > > : >-- Ben Doom > > : > Programmer & General Lackey > > : > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : > > > : > > > : > > > : > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
