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From: wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
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Subject: Same Monitor for Computer and Video?
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.040638.21938@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 11 Feb 91 04:06:38 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Special Services Division
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Is there any way to use one monitor for both video and hi-resolution
(>=1024x768) computer displays, not simultaneously?
A few years ago, when CGA was still exciting :-), we had an adaptor
box that let us translate computer output (?RGB?) to something our video
projector used (?RS-170?) which worked fine.  But computer graphics
capabilities have improved a lot since then.

I'm working with a customer who wants to do some simple video applications,
letting the employees either display a video feed or computer output
on their monitor.  They don't want to use the desk space to put a
separate TV on every desk (which would be cheaper, and solve a whole
raft of other problems), but they don't need the kind of $5000 board
that will let them display TV in an X-window and lock them into that
technology for years either.

Is there anything simple that will do the job?    Thanks!
-- 
				Pray for peace;
					Bill
# Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
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