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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!)
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Date: 2 Jan 90 20:53:55 GMT
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in article <17514@rpp386.cactus.org>, mgodwin@rpp386.cactus.org (Mike Godwin) says:
> Keywords: Multiple monitors, virtual monitors
> Xref: cbmvax comp.sys.ibm.pc:45442 comp.sys.mac:48678

> But the Macintosh enthusiasts here were not talking about multiple-
> monitor capability, but, rather, VIRTUAL monitor capability. That
> is, they were talking about having all the monitors connected AND
> acting like a single monitor. 

That's certainly a cool feature of the Mac OS.  But do they actually call
it a "Virtual Monitor" facility?  That doesn't sound like what it really
does for you.  The Amiga's Intuition interface has a feature that's more
like what I'd think of as virtual monitors -- it can support any number of
separate monitor displays on a single monitor, via kind of a superwindow
called a Screen.  Any number of windows live on each screen; screens don't
overlap each other, windows do.  This is really useful for avoiding excessive 
numbers of windows on the single screen most WIMP interfaces provide (even if 
that single screen can spread across multiple physical monitors).  Does the 
Mac OS allow anything like this under Multifinder?  It probably should.

> Mike Godwin   UT Law School  | "... and first I put my arms around him yes  
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