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From: cdshaw@watmum.UUCP (Chris Shaw)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Question: using two simultaneous displays
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 02:51:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 02:51:24 1985
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Reply-To: cdshaw@watmum.UUCP (Chris Shaw)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Using two simultaneous displays may load your video driver too much, and cause
circuitry to burn. It is therefore not a good idea to run two monitors 
simultaneously, unless you can convince yourself that the maximum current
consumed by the monitors is less than the maximum current rating for video
output. The sum of the current maxima for each monitor should do nicely.

Note that we're not talking about information loss here, just potential 
electrical difficulties/damage.

Chris Shaw
University of Waterloo