Re: Dual Monitors

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_verizon.net)
Date: 05/23/03

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 22:43:22 GMT

    NoSpam wrote:
    > Hello All,
    >
    > I have an Alpha 255 workstation running Digital UNIX v4.0d. I would like to
    > put a second monitor on the workstation. Not as a split screen but as a
    > remote monitor that shows the same thing as the other.
    >
    > Could this be accomplished with a second video card? I'm not very familiar
    > with UNIX, just the basics so any and all help is appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > Brian
    >
    >

    There are old tools called "xawtv" that used to do this, but it's
    usually awkward and fairly fragile to synchronize an X session between
    two devices. VNC in its current configuration might be configurable to
    do this.

    But the easiest way is to buy a commercial video splitter and send it to
       2 identical monitors.

    Me, I'd stay out of adding video cards to these workstations: they're
    sensitive enough to hardware oddities, and their X release is generally
    pretty out of date and would lack good support for the latest/greatest
    video cards.

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