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From: dmerrill@pollux.HP.COM (David Merrill)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: One graphics window, one text window...
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Date: 17 Jan 91 00:41:28 GMT
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/ pollux:comp.windows.ms / Eric.Sheffer@samba.acs.unc.edu (Eric Sheffer) /  9:44 am  Jan 16, 1991 /

I run a non-windows application, a CAD-like package, that can display 
graphics on a graphics monitor while using a dumb terminal or monochrome
text monitor to display keyboard entries and program messages. (The 
advantage of this setup is that one gets full screen graphics and a
large dialog area.)  I was wondering whether it is possible, within win3,
to convince this package to use one window for test and one for graphics?

Thanks in advance.

Eric
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Well, I don't know of any "slick" ways to do it.  Maybe someone else will
come up with a better answer, but one thing you _could_ do is connect two
COM ports on the machine, have your program write text to one of them, and
read it using TERMINAL or some such program.

I know, I know.  It's really kludgy, and it'll tie up com ports...

Hope you can finbd a better solution...

Dave