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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Multihead display for PC
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Date: 7 Feb 90 18:32:06 GMT
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In article <2099@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>  CCC has announced a new VGA card which supports two monitors on two
>DB-15 ports, and up to four of the cards may be used in a single
>machine, allowing eight displays on a system.

I would like to suggest, for clarity, that we, in the industry, adopt the X 
Windows definition of display, e.g.:
    display = screen(s) + keyboard + mouse,
    screen  = monitor(s) + adapter, 
etc.

Thus, "multihead display" on a pc makes sense, but "eight displays" on a pc
doesn't, but "eight screens" on a pc would.

Note: this is not a flame, just a suggestion!!!!!

I hope this doesn't seem to picky.

Chewey, get us outta here!
                 
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov            Jet Propeller Labs
Kaleb Keithley