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- From: 90sra@eng.cam.ac.uk (S.R. Atkins)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: Bigdesk? ... What is Bigdesk?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.112601.5889@eng.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 11:26:01 GMT
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- 098802@adpdp2.lanl.gov (098802) writes:
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- >One of our local pathological newsgroup readers said they saw a reference to a
- >product called Bigdesk in this news group. He thought it might be what I'm
- >looking for. Can anyone tell me?
-
- >WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR:
- >An MS-Windows product which will allow you to use more than one CRT while using
- >Windows, and let you control items on both screens with one mouse (i.e. the
- >little arrow can move between the screens).
-
- >My boss saw a product like this for UNIX machines at some meeting he went to
- >and thought is was the cat's pajamas. So now he's looking for a similar product
- >for his PC. Is Bigdesk what he's looking for? If so Where does he get it, what
- >are the PC's requirments, etc.
-
- >Thanks for the help.
-
- Nope, BigDesk is a Shareware virtual desktop manager - it allows you to use
- the screen as a 'window' on to a much larger desktop.
-
- The only reference I've seen for multi CRT software was a short review in Byte
- sometime in the last year of a double SVGA card that allowed two SVGA
- monitors to be driven from a single card, it came bundled with multi-CRT
- drivers for Windows. The card is still advertised in the smaller ADs in Byte.
-
- If I remember rightly Byte thought it was, erm, not terribly good.
- Also, has your Boss ever really tried to use such a thing? I've used multi
- CRT Macs and they seem fun for about ten minutes, then you use one screen
- for all your work, and run a few DAs in the other.
-
- If I were you I'd just order a decent sized monitor (17-24"), run BackMenu or
- a similar shell, that doesn't steal your desktop space, and try BigDesk.
-
- BackMenu and BigDesk are both widely available shareware - try DLing them
- from cica.
-
- Steve (sra@cxa.dl.ac.uk 90sra@eng.cam.ac.uk sra12@phx.cam.ac.uk)
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