Re: Re Dual Monitor setups (was Using XyWrite with XP OS)

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Patricia wrote:

> I knew I had seen several articles about this in PC World, so I searched
> its Website and turned up these:
>
> Article (April 2002): http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,81963,00.asp
>
> Article May 2005, which also mentions a USB gizmo that enables one to
> avoid having to get a dual-head monitor:
> http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,120707,00.asp


He says that in the end this route makes data transfer too slow. He
recommends getting a new video card.



> And lastly a link to a software solution that lets you use another PCs
> monitor over a network connection: http://www.maxivista.com/how.htm


Fascinating: extra screen real estate gained from those leftover PCs.

> As for the laptop port, sometimes (especially on older ones, like my
> Compaq Armada), if you hook up an external monitor, the built-in screen
> goes blank.


I think that's settable somewhere.

>  IIRC, though, my ThinkPad displays both (I was using it to test a
> monitor at a yard sale and was surprised to see both screens active). But
> I don't think you can use them independently without 2K or XP.


The site you reference first says even Win98 allows for dual monitors.
That's news to me.




Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx