Hi Chuck,
Looking into this further, it seems there's a fair bit of confusion
about the issue at the moment. So far as I can tell, the leading
theory is that screen rotation is only supported on ATI video cards,
not (yet) on nVidia cards -- which is possibly why Apple hasn't
promoted this new Tiger feature at all.
You can use Apple System Profiler to determine which model of video
card you have -- just launch ASP and click on the PCI/AGP Cards tab.
At any rate, the retail ATI Radeon 9200 Mac Edition supports screen
rotation through ATI's Versavision software even if the OS doesn't
support it, and it's not *that* expensive ($125 or so).
- Darcy
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On 22 May 2005, at 12:03 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
So say you, and others, but there's no place I can find (I am on 10.4)
where I can access that.
What am I missing? I have been directed to Syatem prefs - displays by
others (John Bell, if I remember correctly) but there's nothing there
to indicate a possibility of rotation. Someone else suggested that
some older cards do not support this. Who is wrong? I'd be delighted
to get the rotation without spending more money.
Thanks,
Chuck
On May 21, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Chuck,
Screen rotation is supported at the OS level for 10.4. You should be
able to use screen rotation with your existing video card once you
upgrade to 10.4.
- Darcy
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On 21 May 2005, at 7:12 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hmm, one MORE reason to upgrade (along with rotating screens!
Yummy!)
Beware, Chris. This feature depends on having a graphics card which
allows this, and my early G5 1.8 seems unable to access this
feature. I will only really need this the next time I work on an
orchestral score (my monitor has a 13" vertical dimension that's
already OK for most of my work), and I'll just buy the necessary
(and expensive) card then. Too bad. I am disappointed.
Chuck
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