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From: poffen@molehill (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 2 monitors on PC/Mac (Xerox sues Apple!!!
Keywords: Get real...
Message-ID: <1989Dec24.193138.19476@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 24 Dec 89 19:31:38 GMT
References: <1989Dec21.010731.5240@hellgate.utah.edu> <6767@tank.uchicago.edu> <37474@apple.Apple.COM> <2679@aecom.yu.edu>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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In article <2679@aecom.yu.edu> werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) writes:
>	Not generically, but I remember seeing two monitors hooked up to
>a PC, one monochrome, one graphics, displaying separate things, as a 
>demonstration under DOS 2.0 back in 1982, even before there WAS a
>Macintosh.  OK, so the Mac handles with a little bit more finesse. How
>many people in this world use two monitors? OK, maybe its a little more
>common among Macs because, for instance the SE screen size is so
>abysmally limiting.
>-- 

I have seen recently, a company offering a product that drives TWO vga monitors
at once. They also have a similar product for EGA. I don't have the info with
me (it is at work. I am off work till 1/2/90). I might be able to dig it up if
anyone is interested.

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