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From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!)
Message-ID: <2938@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 89 05:20:30 GMT
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dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes:
>[and I've tried so hard to stay out of this... :-) ]
>
> You've obviously not ever used a system that allowed you to use two screens
>effectivly.  It's very nice to debug on one screen and run your code on the
>other, just as much as simply having the extra screen real-estate.
>...
>  You could've very easily picked some of the expanssion options that are
>truely debatable for usefullness, but saying the ability to configure a
>multi-screen system is not a USEFUL system just shows how closed minded and
>un-imformed you really are.

Uh, Dave, how much have you used PCs?  As stated earlier, I have been running
two monitors in my AT at home for quite a while, and I use them both for
dual-screen debugging also.  What makes you think the PC world is incapable
of such magic?

Tough to configure, too.  Open the machine, add the mono card, screw it in,
close the machine, turn on the power.  No switches to set, no muss, no fuss.
To switch primary monitor to the mono, run "mode mono".  To switch back to 
EGA, run "mode co80".  To enable the secondary monitor in the Informix-4GL
debugger (for example), run "appl dev" (application device enable).
Gee, that didn't hurt a bit.

>David M. O'Rourke
>Graduating in March of 1990, with a BS in Computer Science & need a Job. 

In a Mac-only shop, I suppose...

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