If you have Win98 or newer, you basically just drop in a second video card
and hook a monitor to it. Then go into the display control panel to tell it
where the monitors are in relation to each other, set resolutions, etc.
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----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
: > > : >
: > > : >
: > > : >
: > > :
: > >
: >
: >
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