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- From: mboucher@cortex.prospect.com (Mike Boucher)
- Subject: Re: Dual monitor question
- Organization: Cortex Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.093238.1@cortex>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:32:38 GMT
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- In Message-ID: <ANDERS.92Sep2113154@ipcsun1.his.se>, Anders Eklund writes:
-
- >I have a question about dual monitors. I'm going to use it when I
- >debug my programs in both DOS and Windows environments and I use
- >Borland C++ 3.1 & AF. My question is about what kind of graphics I can
- >use or mix? Can I use two SVGA graphic-cards? I heard someone said
- >that one of the cards must be a CGA card, but he didn't seem to know
- >much about anything, so I was not convinced.
-
- I tried having two SVGA monitors on my 486/33. I got the same image on both
- monitors. Our resident PC guru said something along the lines of they have
- the same "address", and you couldn't have them both. So I went out and got a
- $29 monochrome card and it works fine.
-
- good luck.
-
- Mike
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