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First of all, I'm sure that the comment from the Omega Support Tech. that
16-Bit TS will not run on a 32-Bit Win-98 is simply wrong. Perhaps he
didn't understand the question or was having a bad day, but any 16-bit
program will run under Win-98 -- If it didn't, much of the software that
people rely on each day would be suddenly obsolete-- MS has always paid a
lot of attention to backward compatibility.
The multiple monitors in Win-98 will allow you to spread any image that
normally appears on one monitor over a virtual desktop of multiple monitors,
but you must have a separate video card and an open slot inside your
computer for each of the monitors.
A better solution that is available now is a multiple monitor board that
requires only one slot, but feeds multiple monitors. One vendor is
ColorGraphics at: http://www.colorgfx.com/
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At 01:45 PM 2/25/98 -0000, you wrote:
>Windows 98 Beta 3 has been released for retail customers to try and Windows
98 final release is due out in several months.
>
>Following is my e-mail to Omega Research Tech Support and their response on
whether TradeStation V 4.0 has been tested on Windows 98 and how
TradeStation V 5.0 will handle the Multiple Monitors supported in Windows
98. For TradeStation V 5.0 to support Multiple Monitors will require some
additional programming as I understand it. (Perhaps others with more
knowledge of Windows 98 can explain this better.)
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>From: MS:chrisbak@xxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 1:49 PM
>To: TechSupp
>Subject: Multiple Monitor support in Windows 98
>
>With the release of Windows 98 reportedly only a few months away, how will
>TradeStation V 5.0 handle the Multiple Monitor feature of Windows 98? I
>would like to be able to have view a different Worksheet on each Monitor.
>
>Is TradeStation V4.0 compatible with Windows98, Multiple Monitor and FAT32?
>
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>From: techsupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[SMTP:techsupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 9:32 PM
>To: chrisbak@xxxxxxxxx
>Subject: FW: 0224rs /Multiple Monitor support in Windows 98
>
>
>Dear Chris,
>
>Thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately we are unable to answer the majority
>of your questions at this time. If you would like, you may resend your
e-mail at
>a later date and we should be able to answer you more completely.
>However, if Windows 98 is a true 32 bit Operating System, then TradeStation
>4.0(a 16 bit application) will not run on it. We are anticipating the
release of
>TradeStation 5.0(a 32 bit application) sometime in the first half of this year.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Richard S.
>Omega Research, Inc.
>Customer Support Dept.
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