JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) (11/14/90)
I'm interested in any info on using multiple screens with the Amiga in
a manner similar to that done with the PC or Mac. I mean, I've seen an
a 3000 output to two screens at once; one being thru a genlock, the other
through the de-interlaced video port. But both screens were identical.
What I seek is something similar to the PC and Mac where the two screens
are linked, and together comprise a larger screen... You can move your
pointer from one to the other, and on the Mac, you can even edit where
the two are in relation to one another.
The closest I've seen on an Amiga was with a framebuffer; it displayed
a different screen than the monitor connected to the Amiga's video,
but that isn't the same. The reason for the inquiry is that two screens
are VERY handy; you can use a large greyscale monitor for wordprocessing
on a full page at once, while the smaller one has the menus, other windows,
even pictures for cutting and pasting into the document on the other
screen.
Ideas, comments, sightings? :-)
Kurt
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) (11/14/90)
A clarification. I meant MONITORS instead of SCREENS in my previous
post. I'm seeking some setup whereby the Amiga could output to two
monitors at once and have them be "linked" as a wide workbench or
such. Or even have one screen (yes, I mean software screen this time)
on each, so I could, say, have workbench on one, and ProPage on another.
I know about WB 2.0's virtual screen, and it is nice, but there are
definite advantages to being able to see two things at once without
having to flip or scroll between them. If the Mac and PC can do this,
surely the Amiga can too? Thanks for any info,
Kurt
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------eachus@linus.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) (11/16/90)
In article <90317.155521JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
I'm interested in any info on using multiple screens with the Amiga in
a manner similar to that done with the PC or Mac. I mean, I've seen an
a 3000 output to two screens at once; one being thru a genlock, the other
through the de-interlaced video port. But both screens were identical.
...
Ideas, comments, sightings? :-)
I saw a Video Toaster and got to play with it for an hour or so.
(A real customer unit, even though it was officially "gamma"
software.) With the Toaster, two monitors is almost unusable...you
need at least three, which was the configuration I was playing with.
Although I was most interested in the video features, it shouldn't be
too hard (in software) to rig it up to use as a three monitor wide
display. I don't think that there is any such software in the
Toaster, but I may just have not found it.
However, the 3000 supports ALL the Amiga video modes, including
one that has a multipane display at a low refresh rate (for the
Moniterm monitor). Probably the easiest way to do what you want would
be to build an exteral box to send each pane to a different monitor.
(It would require about 4 Meg or so of memory, but memory is getting
cheaper all the time...) Since I've seen such displays in airports
(driven by Amigas), it may even be an "off-the-shelf" product from
some 3rd party vendor.
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Robert I. Eachus
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