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From: Bill Holder
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00

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On 23 Jun 1996 12:12:06 +0930, pjchilds@al.imforei.apana.org.au (Peter
Childs) wrote:

>Bill Holder (bill@tempest.com.au) wrote:
>: Will Linux support two video cards and two monitors, being able to
>: display differnet things on each, not just a copy of each other?
>
> Depending on what you want to do..    If you are talking a VGA and
> a MDA system, then yes.
>
> If you want a multi-headed X system (two SVGA monitors) you'll need to
> get a card that will drive two SVGA monitors, and some software like
> is available from Xinside (http://www.xinside.com/)
>
> Peter
>
>-- 
> Peter Childs  ---  http://www.imforei.apana.org.au/~pjchilds
>  The internet is full, please try again in half an hour...

	by this, do you mean two seperate video cards won't cut it?


...Bilbo...

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Date: 1996/06/24
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