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- From: jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
- Subject: Re: Quadra 700 - How many monitors?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.192934.28626@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec8.172708.25762@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <6523.2b2779e9@hayes.com> <1992Dec11.172422.23014@pcnntp.apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:29:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.172422.23014@pcnntp.apple.com> x.man@applelink.apple.com (Francisco De Leon) writes:
- >You can have 4 monitors on a Quadra 700. Here's how:
- >
- >You have a total of 3 expansion slots on a Quadra 700. Two of these slots are
- >Nubus slots so you can plug in two monitors with the appropriate Nubus card.
- >1 expansion slot is a Processor Direct Slot (PDS) so you'll need to get a
- >monitor with a PDS card (most Mac monitor Mfg's make these). The fourth
- >monitor can be plugged in to the built in monitor port on the back of the
- >Quadra. You won't need to use any special software to do this.
-
- This is incorrect. The physical layout of the PDS slot is such that if a
- card is plugged into it you can't use one of the NuBus slots, and if you've
- got a card in that NuBus slot you can't use the PDS. In fact, to the OS,
- the PDS and the NuBus connectors occupy the same "slot".
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