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From: dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Walkowski)
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Subject: Re: IIci Question
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Date: 1 May 91 08:43:31 GMT
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cfj@iSC.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) writes:

>I'm considering moving to a IIci and I'm curious, can I have the normal
>color monitor active at the same time as a NuBus based 19 inch monochrome ??
>Or would I have to reboot to switch monitors ?? (I currently have an SE/30.)

You can have as many monitors active as you have NuBus slots.
(This holds for all Mac II machines)
We routinely run several monitors on IIci's here.  (In fact, the exact setup
you're describing)
The 'Monitors' cdev will have a suitably sized icon representing each attached
monitor.  You drag the icons into the correct physical layout, and voila.
You then have a 'virtual' desktop that consists of all the real estate of all
attached monitors.  
It's quite slick.  And entertaining too.  Try putting windows half on one
screen and half on the other (especially color ones) to impress users of other
brands of machines.
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