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From: mgodwin@rpp386.cactus.org (Mike Godwin)
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Subject: Re: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!)
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Date: 3 Jan 90 15:39:29 GMT
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In article <9191@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>> 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.   

Heh. Sorry if I've treaded on someone else's nomenclature. I don't know
just where I got the phrase "virtual monitor" in reference to this Mac
feature, but I don't think I just made it up.


--Mike



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