Steve, Your source for danger??? Just a question how it was determined it was really dual proc that causes Matrox dual head problems. Its been a while too since I have used dual proc and the dual head set up but we never really got ant good info out of Dell or Matrox back then.
Robert M. Wolfe, C.I.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Wiseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Good Dual head video card combination for Protel. > > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Harry Selfridge wrote: > > > After much experimentation, we settled on dual-head Matrox cards. They are > > very stable, and Matrox is constantly improving the firmware and > > drivers. Update downloads are available on the Matrox website at > > reasonably frequent intervals - even for older cards. > > Danger, Will Robinson! The Matrox drivers, at least unitil very recently > when I gave up trying, do _not_ work on twin-CPU machines. (I tend to run > twins, so I can have Specctra battering away in the background, but keep > on Protelling on the other). > If someone knows a way round this, I'll be back to using Matrox like a > shot, but at the moment, I'm ATI-single-heading it. Grump... > > Steve > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
