Re: Dual Monitors

From: NoSpam (nomail_at_spam.not)
Date: 05/23/03

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    Hi Nico,

    I think that you are right a high grade splitter would be best.
    Thanks for the advise.

    Regards
    Brian

    "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote in message
    news:eocza.32540$XV1.31288@nwrdny03.gnilink.net...
    > 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 pretty out of date and would lack good support for the latest/greatest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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