Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!crum From: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Gary Crum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Third Party Monitors Message-ID: Date: 27 Apr 91 18:50:34 GMT References: <9104251931.AA13223@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu (Gary Crum) Organization: University of Utah Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: crum@fcom.cc.utah.edu's message of 27 Apr 91 13:10:1 Darn. Excuse me if my posting was duplicated. I thought I interrupted GNUS from posting it the first time. Anyway, here's one more comment: At least, those interested in third-party color monitors with cubes have this option: Buy a NeXTdimension board and NeXT 17" color monitor now, and use the cable that comes with the monitor to test out other, higher-quality monitors with the NeXTdimension board. Then, get another NeXTdimension board to use with the appropriate high-quality Sony monitor, and clone the cable. Then, assuming the cube still has a Monochrome Megapixel Display connected, the user will have three screens connected to one system, and thus have some room to spread documents out on screen, e.g. to view graphics, header files and code all at the same time. I'm really glad NeXT supports multiple monitors connected to a single system nicely, like Macintosh computers. Unfortunately for MS-DOS users, the IBM PC architecture doesn't allow people to ulilize multiple display cards on a single system -- not "nicely" anyway. Maybe a future version of Microsoft Windows and a slight change to the graphics adapter interface specification for PC compatibles will make that possible. On this same topic, I would "hereby" like to see the capability of connecting the NextStep window servers of two NeXT computers so that both can be completely controlled from one keyboard and mouse set. Given the high-level PostScript interface, I think the ethernet, TCP/IP and Mach messaging system is sufficient to make such a connection useable. What fun it would be to try modifying the NextStep/DPS window server implementation to allow this. Maybe the X window system isn't far from being able to do this, either. Gary