mem@potomac.ads.com (Mark E. Moessinger) (08/09/88)
I have been told that there is a problem hooking up 2 monitors to the MAC2. Does anyone know the status of this problem. When it will be fixed etc.... -- Mark M.
TechServices@cup.portal.com (08/11/88)
Mark Moessinger asks "I have been told that there is a problem hooking up 2 monitors to the MAC2. Does anyone know the status of this problem. When it will be fixed etc...." I have a Mac II with the Spectrum card from SuperMac as well as the 8bit Apple video card and I run and AppleColor RGB as well as the SuperMac (Sony Trinitron) 19". I have always been able to move windows back and forth without any problem. This setup is used extensively with NEXPERT since it opens a large number of windows during operation. Angelo Micheletti Manager of Technical Services Bechtel AI Institute
bldflame@pnet06.cts.com (Stuart Burden) (08/12/88)
mem@potomac.ads.com (Mark E. Moessinger) writes: >I have been told that there is a problem hooking up 2 monitors >to the MAC2. Does anyone know the status of this problem. When >it will be fixed etc.... > Mark M. I've been using a two monitor Mac ][ setup for close to a year now. Appart from the occasional application not supporting two monitors, it has worked fine. I know of no problem with this arrangment at all. Stu. ______________ - -- --- / __________ / "Now we send forth Jen. - --- / / # # / / Watch over his dangerous quest" --- -- -- / / / / / - - --- --- / / \__/ / / _________________________________________ -- -- --- - / /_________/ / ARPA: hodge!pnet06!bldflame@crash nosc.mil -- --- -- / # ___ / UUCP: hodge.cts.com!pnet06!bldflame - --- - - /---------------/ INET: bldflame@pnet06.cts.com -- --- - /_______________/ _____________________________________________ Lost & Found Disks? Fill in the standard Disk-Claimer? I know, bad pun :-)
nicky@cup.portal.com (08/14/88)
I remember reading (MacWorld article?) about the Mac II having problems with 6 screens. The writer of the article could only get 5 to work correctly. Nick Pilch nicky@cup.portal.com or try these: sun!cup.portal.com!nicky sun.com!cup.portal.com!nicky sun!portal!cup.portal.com!nicky
julian@riacs.edu (Julian E Gomez) (08/19/88)
In article <8089@cup.portal.com> nicky@cup.portal.com writes:
" I remember reading (MacWorld article?) about the Mac II having problems
" with 6 screens. The writer of the article could only get 5 to work
" correctly.
Now pay attention! You may find yourself in the same situation.
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julian@riacs.edu || {...decvax!}ames!riacs!julianbcase@cup.portal.com (08/20/88)
I just got a second monitor for my Mac II and noticed one funny thing: some windows get thrown up on the monitor connected to the video card that is plugged into the lowest numbered slot *regardless* of which card is set to have the menu bar. The mouse pointer also starts out on that monitor immed. after start up (I had that monitor turned off once and couldn't find the mouse pointer to save my life! Then I realized what must be going on.). So, it pays to have the menu screen be the one connected to the "earliest" video card. Otherwise, the addition of a second monitor is about as seamless as it could be. Try that with a PC!
lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (08/21/88)
In article <8296@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com writes: >plugged into the lowest numbered slot *regardless* of which card is set to >have the menu bar. The mouse pointer also starts out on that monitor immed. >after start up (I had that monitor turned off once and couldn't find the You may be able to change this. If you hold down the option key while selecting Monitors in teh Control Panel, you will get a little face on the startup monitor. (This is the one that displays the Welcome to Macintosh at boot time.) You can drag this over to another screen if you wish. Larry Rosenstein, Object Specialist Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 46-B Cupertino, CA 95014 AppleLink:Rosenstein1 domain:lsr@Apple.COM UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!lsr
bcase@cup.portal.com (08/22/88)
Hmmm, I held down the option key while clicking on monitors in the control panel, but no little face appeared (although something seemed to be going on). Other problems with using two (or more) monitors: 1) FullWrite will spill the spelling and thesaurus (spelled correctly?) windows onto the next screen if the current window spans the entire height of the current screen! Since my second (smaller) monitor is now almost always off, I kept wondering where the damn spell dialog was!! 2) Two monitors right next to each other may interfere based on the relationship between their vertical scan rates. E.g., I have an apple 13" color and a supermac 16" color; with both on, the supermac raster shimmers (but the apple doesn't!!); the supermac by itself is quite stable.
sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) (08/24/88)
In article <15876@apple.Apple.COM> lsr@apple.com.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) writes: >You may be able to change this. If you hold down the option key while >selecting Monitors in teh Control Panel, you will get a little face on the >startup monitor. (This is the one that displays the Welcome to Macintosh at >boot time.) You can drag this over to another screen if you wish. Boy, I wish developers would stop all this option/command/tab/caps-lock nonsense. The standard Apple interface seems to be becoming more and more like Microsoft Word every day. I could sort of understand the rationale behind command-option for rebuilding the desktop file, and command-option-shift-caps-lock (or whatever) for zapping PRAM, since these aren't things that the average user is going to be doing very often. But what would be wrong with having an icon or button in the Monitors CDEV that does what the secret option key does? Now only technical users will be able to change the default monitor, since they're the only ones who read this newsgroup (or, more generally, they're the only ones who read manuals). -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." {uunet,cmcl2}!esquire!sbb | - David Letterman
dgold@Apple.COM (David Goldsmith) (08/25/88)
In article <574@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes: >In article <15876@apple.Apple.COM> lsr@apple.com.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) writes: >>You may be able to change this. If you hold down the option key while >>selecting Monitors in teh Control Panel, you will get a little face on the >>startup monitor. (This is the one that displays the Welcome to Macintosh at >>boot time.) You can drag this over to another screen if you wish. > >Boy, I wish developers would stop all this option/command/tab/caps-lock >nonsense. The standard Apple interface seems to be becoming more and >more like Microsoft Word every day. > >I could sort of understand the rationale behind command-option for >rebuilding the desktop file, and command-option-shift-caps-lock (or >whatever) for zapping PRAM, since these aren't things that the average >user is going to be doing very often. But what would be wrong with >having an icon or button in the Monitors CDEV that does what the secret >option key does? Now only technical users will be able to change the >default monitor, since they're the only ones who read this newsgroup >(or, more generally, they're the only ones who read manuals). It was intentionally hidden to simplify the user interface of the Monitors CDEV. The only thing this feature controls is which screen is first in the gdevice list; no application should depend on or make use of this information. Properly written applications should work with any number of monitors, with the menu bar on any monitor. Any other behavior is a bug. That said, you may wonder why the feature exists at all. It's for Macsbug; Macsbug always comes up on the first screen in the gdevice list. Since this feature was only useful to people using Macsbug, it was hidden away with a special keystroke so as not to clutter the interface for non- technical users. By the way, I heartily agree with the sentiment about option-control-command- double-bucky-quackeroo; I would like to see some of those combinations in the Finder replaced by something more accessible. In this case, however, I think the decision to hide this feature was correct. (PS- it's not even in the manual, as far as I know) David Goldsmith Apple Computer, Inc. AppleLink: GOLDSMITH1 BIX: dgoldsmith 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS: 46B UUCP: {nsc,dual,sun,voder,ucbvax!mtxinu}!apple!dgold Cupertino, CA 95014 CSNET: dgold@apple.com