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- From: mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Here's a great idea, why hasn't anyone at IBM come up with this yet?
- Message-ID: <mortenk.67.720998647@dhhalden.no>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 21:24:07 GMT
- References: <1992Nov3.204944.8482@njitgw.njit.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov3.204944.8482@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >
- >We all know that MS-DOS supports dual-monitor setups. We also know
- >that OS/2 produces virtual displays for DOS boxes. So, why not have a
- >DOS setting for dual monitor? When such a session opens, two windows
- >are created, one for the VGA display, and one for the MDA display.
- >The one DOS session would think it had two monitors hooked up and
- >could react accordingly. It would be great for debugging DOS-text
- >programs.
- >
- >Would it be that difficult? As far as I know, MDA is simply a
- >memory-mapped region of screen, just like text displays are, so it
- >doesn't seem like it would be that hard. Of course, having two
- >windows for one session might look strange, and might violate CUA, but
- >it doesn't have to be two windows, either. It might just be one
- >window with a pane sliced through it, with one display in each panel.
-
- Good idea!
-