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- From: kim@Software.Mitel.COM (Kim Letkeman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: Two Monitors Needed?
- Message-ID: <KIM.92Nov6165809@kim.Software.Mitel.COM>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 21:58:09 GMT
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- In-reply-to: jmeyers@ecst.csuchico.edu's message of 31 Oct 92 02:08:58 GMT
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- In article <1csprqINNpfk@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> jmeyers@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jeff Meyers) writes:
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- | I agree! I picked up a new monochrome monitor for about $70 and the
- | generic card for about $10. I use the dual monitor debugging for
- | both DOS and Windows programming - and I love it. Especially with
- | Windows, it's better that flipping back and forth between text and
- | graphic modes. The only negative I've found is that with the mono
- | card activated, your vga card goes into 8-bit mode and slows down.
- | So, I put in a switch that activates the mono card only when I plan
- | on using it - just have to turn the machine off - switch - then
- | on...
-
- I've found that the ATI Graphics Ultra will run full blast (8+ million
- Winmarks) with a mono card installed (at least with the ATI Graphics
- Solution in mono mode.) Makes it a good card for this setup.
-
- But, I find the mono screen annoying to use because of the lack of
- different colours to differentiate information and the lack of 50 line
- ability. I know that some cards are slow at refreshing the screen when
- going back to a hires mode, but the Ultra does this in an instant.
- --
- Kim Letkeman kim@Software.Mitel.COM
-