leigh@cache.DEC (Allen Leigh @SHR1-3/E29 DTN 237-3255) (04/18/85)
I have the older Atari 800. I would like to use a green screen monitor on the monitor port for text work and a small TV on the RF modulator for games/graphics. At times both displays might be on together. Will I have any loading or other problems in doing this? Allen Leigh ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!cache!leigh
mcb8391@acf4.UUCP (mike b) (04/19/85)
there should be no problem with anything hooking up both monitors at once. The hardware does not know whether you have one or two monitors attached. Mike Bassman
cdshaw@watmum.UUCP (Chris Shaw) (04/22/85)
Using two simultaneous displays may load your video driver too much, and cause circuitry to burn. It is therefore not a good idea to run two monitors simultaneously, unless you can convince yourself that the maximum current consumed by the monitors is less than the maximum current rating for video output. The sum of the current maxima for each monitor should do nicely. Note that we're not talking about information loss here, just potential electrical difficulties/damage. Chris Shaw University of Waterloo
mcb8391@acf4.UUCP (mike b) (04/25/85)
re:using two monitors. Again, there is no problem using two monitors. Having done time in a number of computer stores where the 800 was sold, we frequently hooked up two monitors, either one through the rf modulator and the second through the monitor jack, or splitting off the monitor cable. I suppose that the problem described in the previous response is theoretically possible, but so is armaggedon. Mike