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Article #57376Re: Multiple video cards under linux
From: Dimitri Maziuk
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 00:00
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In memory of Mighty wrote: > > G'day. I've just recently had the opportunity to put in an old cga > video card and monitor into my computer as a second device, since I was sure > I'd be able to do something with it. However, I cannot seem to find how > to access it. If your two video cards that share the same video memory area, your machine's gonna get very confused -- it has no way of knowing which bytes to send to which card :) etc. Monochrome and colour cards use different video ram addresses. CGA and VGA don't. So, swap your CGA card for MDA, if you can find one. Dimitri -- An interesting sig that I saw recently: "By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meet the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation."
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,19e16d3a3c55f66c X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: Dimitri Maziuk <emaziuk@alpha2.curtin.edu.au> Subject: Re: Multiple video cards under linux Date: 1996/10/09 Message-ID: <325AA991.3765D91B@alpha2.curtin.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 188139480 references: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961008141820.7408A-100000@cello> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Curtin University of Technology mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: aus.computers.linux x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.13 i486)