> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:41:57 -0700 > Subject: Re: [PCI] 3 monitors at last... > From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Friday, January 7, 2005, at 06:37 PM, David Elmo wrote: > >> Bruce Johnson once said there was a limit on the pixels possible, >> wonder >> what it is? >> > > Finally found the article: > <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25500>. > > "Mac OS X 10.3.4 or earlier allows for a maximum desktop display width > of approximately 4000 pixels across all active displays." > > You're not near the limit. You have 800+1024+640 = 2464 pixels. You > could add one or two more! > > (also, I don't know if this applies to OS 9) > > You simply lucked out on the monitor placement. Whenever I've set up > dual systems, I invariably get them switched. so I move the cursor off > to the edge between them, and it stops. If I go the other direction it > wraps around the world to the other monitor. >
> Bruce Johnson Well done. Sounds promising. Apparently one can go outside these limits if one does not need the ability to put icons on all of them. Imagine then: surround monitors, one sits in the middle of a circle of them, a desktop 360 degree landscape picture on the lot. And, maybe to sell the arrangement to the Queen of England at a highly dishonest price, one could put some gifs of icons on this desktop pic to land on the monitors that won't take real icons and maybe, to make the deception more sophisticated, applescripts that make them open appropriate things when clicked... Wonder how the machine decides which monitors are privileged to take real icons, according to monitor order numbers as shown in the control panel? But there is another limit that I have reached on the 7600 and that rather spoils the possibilities: my PCI slots are full. Which brings me to a question and a serious one because though I am not wanting to add a fourth monitor for now, I might want to free up a pci slot for a decent scsi card or some other card. The question is this, are there any video pci cards that can take more than one monitor and yet preserve the arrangement of all monitors (including the one on the videoram onboard the 7600) as one continuous screen? David Elmo Obviously a 9600 starts to come into it's own at this point... -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
