On Jan 12, 2005, at 6:22 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
A while back Robert Patterson informed us about the joys of rotating monitors especially with Finale. The discussion at the time, I think, had some uncertainty about Mac OS X and rotation.
I was in a computer store today and saw an impressive monitor that rotates left or right 45 degrees. It works in Windows and Mac OS 9 and X. (I saw it in operation on Mac OS 10.3.7)
The image is top notch and it comes in 19 and 20 inch LCD flat screen models:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10401
The only drawback is that you need to also purchase the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, which rules out its use in, say, a PowerBook.
Ah, there's the rub - some $300 or so for the card. My beautiful Samsung 24" jobbie will do the same, but I think all these rotating monitors require the graphic card upgrade that includes the feature that ATI calls Versavision (at least on Macs running OS X). I'll bite the next time I have an orchestral score to do. Nothing like that in the works at the moment.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
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Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
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