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Re: 2 VDU's but Just a Single Mac

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From: Alan W. Frame
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00
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<simon> wrote:
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> PS - Paul Womar states that Macs can run op to 4 monitors. This is
> incorrect, Macs can run more if you have the video cards to drive them. In
> principal the old NuBus machines could drive 15 monitors with suitable bus
> extenders (and a very deep pocket !), though I never got past three myself.

Ah yes - my personal best was 2 portrait A4 monitors, either
side of an A3. :-)

Did I ever mention running a 16" monitor from a Powerbook?
- You logically (and physically) position it above the flipped
right back LCD, and run flight sims, with the instruments on the PB
display and the cockpit view on the big tube... :-)

rgds, Alan
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From: alan.frame@acm.org (Alan W. Frame)
Subject: Re: 2 VDU's but Just a Single Mac
Date: 1998/02/23
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