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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Multiple screens
Message-ID: <90317.155521JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 13 Nov 90 20:55:21 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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I'm interested in any info on using multiple screens with the Amiga in
a manner similar to that done with the PC or Mac.  I mean, I've seen an
a 3000 output to two screens at once; one being thru a genlock, the other
through the de-interlaced video port.  But both screens were identical.

What I seek is something similar to the PC and Mac where the two screens
are linked, and together comprise a larger screen... You can move your
pointer from one to the other, and on the Mac, you can even edit where
the two are in relation to one another.

The closest I've seen on an Amiga was with a framebuffer; it displayed
a different screen than the monitor connected to the Amiga's video,
but that isn't the same.   The reason for the inquiry is that two screens
are VERY handy; you can use a large greyscale monitor for wordprocessing
on a full page at once, while the smaller one has the menus, other windows,
even pictures for cutting and pasting into the document on the other
screen.

Ideas, comments, sightings?   :-)

                                                            Kurt
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