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- From: mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris)
- Subject: Re: Help with dual monitor configuration
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.183437.9499@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Keywords: os2 waffle 165
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <XywFVB3w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> <1992Dec10.231410.25637@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 18:34:37 GMT
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- sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
-
- >In article <XywFVB3w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
-
- >>I have OS/2 installed with an ATI VGA card, as well as a MONO card for
- >>my secondary adapter.
- >>What I wish to use my MONO screen is for running Waffle so that I may
- >>switch it on now and then to ensure things are running smoothly. As
- >>well, when doing development work I wish to use my debugger on it.
- >>I've got it working just peachy. When Waffle is started, it switches
- >>to the MONO monitor using a 'mode mono' command. No problem. I also
- >>set the dos settings to VIDEO_MODE_RESTRICTION (or whatever it was)
- >>to 'MONO'. The problem (which is kind of silly if you ask me) is that
- >>when I am switched to the application, I can see it on the MONO screen.
- >>But the very second I switch away from it the screen disappears!
-
- >You should get ahold of the utility EchoMon, available via anonymous
- >ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (search the file /pub/os2/00Index for exact
- >location). This utility enhances the dual monitor support found in
- >OS/2.
-
- >--
- >Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from
- >sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
- >Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
- >of Chicago, 60637 | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
-
- I have not even figured out to get a monochrome driver for OS/2. Could
- someone please help me out? The word I got from both IBM and Hercules was
- that there were no plans to develop *any* monochrome display drivers. I
- have posted on this before with no luck. Anyone?? Pleeeeeze?
-
-
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