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From: brothers@jetsun.WEITEK.COM (bill brothers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Multihead display for PC
Message-ID: <871@jetsun.WEITEK.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 90 19:05:49 GMT
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Reply-To: brothers@jetsun.WEITEK.COM (bill brothers)
Organization: WEITEK, Sunnyvale CA
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In article <2765@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
>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.
>Kaleb Keithley

Actually, you are somewhat incorrect. First, I would second your request
to adopt the X terminology. Second, there are several companies making
multi-display options (using X terminology). Two that come to mind
are SunRiver, and the AMI UnTerminal. These are being used in the UNIX
and DOS community to provide multiple EGA/VGA displays, keyboards, and
mice.

I have no connection with these companies and have never used their
products. Therefore, I can't say how well it works, but I have seen
them at trade shows, and they seem to do ok.

Bill
brothers@weitek.COM