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From: drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!)
Message-ID: <10784@claris.com>
Date: 4 Jan 90 15:00:25 GMT
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lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:

>In article <1232@awdprime.UUCP> ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan) 
>writes:

>> the ones I am familiar with) and X-Windows. However, how many people
>> really need an application to span multiple monitors? Its aweful
>> difficult to visualize a picture crossing monitor boundaries though it
>> make for a neat effect at dance clubs. Just go out and get a bigger
>> one. 

>In a lot of cases, 2 small monitors will cost less than one large one, 
>especially if you have to junk an existing monitor.  Or, if you have an 
>extra monitor lying around, then on a Mac II all you need is the video 
>card to drive it.

>Being able to position 2 monitors side by side and drag windows from one 
>to another is very handy.  You can have one monitor in black and white and 
>another in color, for example.  Also, there are applications in which a 
>little extra screen width is helpful (for those extra long comments) and 
>it is nice to be able to use both monitors for one window.

Larry left out one of the best features of multiple monitors, if you're a
programmer.  You can designate one of them as the MacsBug screen (hold down
the option key in the Monitors cdev) and MacsBug or Jasik's "The Debugger"
will use that screen as the debugger screen -- this means that you can have
an inexpensive (relatively) monitor set up for debugging without hiding the
running app which you are trying to debug.  The Debugger really takes advantage
of the feature, giving you the choice of "Split Screens", in which case the
debugger is always visible on the second monitor; or "Save Screen" in which
case it pops up only when you enter the debugger (this is the way MacsBug
works with it).

I tried a large monitor and I've tried two "normal" sized monitors, and I'll
take the two-monitor setup, for my purposes, every time.  If I were doing
page layout work, schematic design, or some other similar application, I would
probably opt for the big monitor (except price-wise).

Dennis Cohen
Claris Corp.
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