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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: multiple mac displays
Message-ID: <7852@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 30 Apr 89 06:01:42 GMT
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Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <42d7cd62.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu.UUCP (John F. Mansfield) writes:
>>> In article <2680@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> gw@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gerhard Werner) writes:
>>> >Does anyone have any information on driving multiple duplicate
>>> >displays (i.e. more than one monitor) from a single MacII,
>>> >using the standard Mac video card(s).
>
>I have head that some of the overhead lcd projection screens use a
>splitter so that you have the image on the projector and also on the
>mac screen using just one regular mac video card.  Trouble is the lcd
>screens are still not very good quality, the grey scale ones are still
>pretty limited and pretty flakey.

What the Mac world needs is a projection display system like the one
Steve Jobs used to display the NeXT computer at its introduction.  I was
astounded at the clarity of the image on a HUGE screen, which appeared
to be a faithful reproduction of the image on the computer Jobs was
playing on.

I asked around and found out what the display system was; apparently 
it's a ridiculously expensive system whose name I can't remember offhand
(I can find out again if anyone's really curious).  It's designed for
those applications where you absolutely HAVE to have a perfect image on
a screen for hundreds or thousands of people to view, and when this is
SO important that you'll pay many thousands of dollars for the privilege.

If someone could make this technology more affordable, and make it work
on the Mac, we'd be all set.  :-)


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