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root@e3315636.slip.cc.uq.oz.au (System Administrator) writes:
>Andrew Maxwell (q9110656@helios.usq.EDU.AU) wrote:
>: I want to run X on two monitors, one at say 1024x768 and the other at
>: 1024x1024 or similar. Can I just plonk in two videocards with different

You can run a standard VGA card and a herc card together, as they use
different addresses, but you cannot run two vga cards.  At least, 
you can't with the ISA bus - you can with PCI (which has dynamic I/O
address capability), although not all cards are up to it.

>: simultaneously on both, or can I only 
>: have one monitor with X and the other just as a terminal screen, 
>: or some other combination?

You can have one XFree86 and one terminal screen, or if you buy the
X-Inside X server ($99 US, well spent IMHO) you can run both as X
displays.  Also contact X-Inside for some info on which PCI video
cards will work together.  Have a look at:

	http://www.xinside.com/

 - Mike