Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!umriscc!mcs213f.cs.umr.edu!mcastle From: mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle {Nexus}) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Dual Monitor hook up Message-ID: <2128@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> Date: 8 Feb 91 07:16:38 GMT References: <26754@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <26775@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@umriscc.isc.umr.edu Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla Lines: 50 In article <26775@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes: >That is absolutely horrid. So all my Windows applications means that while >this here card is installed, I will be moving at HALF SPEED?! This doesn't >seem very realistically cool, know what I mean? Is there a way around >this? I can't afford that kind of io bottleneck (33mhz w/8MB going through >display at 8-bits is not very fun).....any info to circumvent said >atrocity would be appreciated. Actually, I don't *think* you would notice any difference. I remember reading an article in either PC Magazine or PC/World around October or November of last year (I loaned out a couple issues of each to a friend, and I forgot to get them back before he left for co-oping,and I can't find the specific issue) that had an article discussing 8-bit and 16-bit VGA cards. I *think* it said that most programs don't really use the 16-bit bus, so there is actually little difference when switching between the 2 setups. I think windows is one of the ones that uses only the 8-bit mode. If someone could dig up the article, it might shed some more light on this. Is there a way you can put your card into 8-bit mode, to actually test this theory? You would almost need to run some type of benchmark, or a blind test, as if you set it up, and test it, your judgement about whether there is actually any difference between the 2 modes would be biased. Anyway, hope this helps. OBWinBash follows, hit 'n' now to bypass.... windows (note purposeful use of lowercase) is a kludge. If you want a GUI, get GeosWorks Ensemble will run on a PC and XT type machines as well as windows will run one 286 and 386 type machines, so just think how speedy it is on the big machines. There is a substantial installed user base out there that, if they really wanted a GUI, would choose Geos over windows. I feel that Geos will eventually take over as the premier GUI. If you want multi-tasking, go with DESQview. It does a much better job than windows. Again, you still have the establshed user base that at comfortable with a CLI, and will not change to a GUI anytime soon, so any windows products will never be used by them. I think windows could have been a really nice product if it would have left out the attempt to multitask DOS apps. Just too much overhead to try to accomplish both, and too many hardware requirements. Btw, I ran windows for a while, on my 386SX. I didn't like it. -- Mike Castle (Nexus) S087891@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU (preferred) | RN ate my mcastle@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (unix mail-YEACH!)| .newsrc! Life is like a clock: You can work constantly, and be right | I am not all the time, or not work at all, and be right twice a day. | happy :-<