Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) (05/03/91)
Can someone identify for me a monitor, monochrome or color, that
is greater than 21" and supports a very high resolution, preferrably
something on the order of 2048 x 1280?
I recently purchased a monochrome 19" monitor with 1280 x 960 resolution
for use with Windows 3.0, and it is incredible. I have started to
realize that you just can't get enough desktop, and honestly if
I could buy a 30" monitor with 2048 x 1280 resolution and a *good*
Windows 3.0 driver I would get it. Please note that a large
monitor without a card and Windows 3.0 driver that produce and exploit
extra pixels is not worth much. I need something that gives me a total
solution. Please courtesy copy responses directly to me.
Thanks,
Will Estes Internet: Will@cup.portal.com
UUCP: apple!cup.portal.com!Willgwe@cbnews.cb.att.com (george.w.erhart) (05/04/91)
In article <41952@cup.portal.com> Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes: >I have started to realize that you just can't get enough desktop, and >honestly if I could buy a 30" monitor with 2048 x 1280 resolution and >a *good* >Windows 3.0 driver I would get it. On a similar vein ... I have always been impressed by the Macs ability to handle a multihead display. Is there any way to do this in a PC and have Windows recognize/handle both displays? From what I know about the PC hardware, there are some severe restrictions. BUT, if an 8514/A type display can co-exist with a VGA card, why can't a Windows display driver allow both the VGA and the 8514/A to be used at the same time. (Assuming that you had two monitors.) -- George Erhart AT&T Bell Laboratories att!archie!gwe
ergo@netcom.COM (Isaac Rabinovitch) (05/09/91)
In <1991May4.132027.11659@cbnews.cb.att.com> gwe@cbnews.cb.att.com (george.w.erhart) writes: >In article <41952@cup.portal.com> Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes: >>I have started to realize that you just can't get enough desktop, and >>honestly if I could buy a 30" monitor with 2048 x 1280 resolution and >>a *good* >Windows 3.0 driver I would get it. >On a similar vein ... I have always been impressed by the Macs ability to >handle a multihead display. Is there any way to do this in a PC and have >Windows recognize/handle both displays? From what I know about the PC hardware, >there are some severe restrictions. BUT, if an 8514/A type display can >co-exist with a VGA card, why can't a Windows display driver allow both >the VGA and the 8514/A to be used at the same time. (Assuming that you had >two monitors.) I believe you need a special video card. I've heard of a company (forget the name, sorry) which is selling a video card that can drive up to *9* monitors at once -- and it comes with a Windows driver that lets you use all 9 as a single "desktop". Needless to say, it costs. -- ergo@netcom.com Isaac Rabinovitch netcom!ergo@apple.com Silicon Valley, CA {apple,amdahl,claris}!netcom!ergo "You might well think that... I couldn't possibly comment."