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NT doesnot have multi-monitor support yet.  next release.
Andrew S.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nixon(MLS) <mbjp57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: hardware set up


>Does WinNT do the same job in terms of multiple monitors as W98?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas <thomaswg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: 24 February 1999 11:40
>Subject: Re: hardware set up
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>|Cannot understand why should  need a "special" video card to run two
>|monitors under 98?   Assuming that your computer is recent and has an AGP
>|video slot which is filled by your present card, the only thing is that
you
>|will need is a PCI video card.    I am just about to install all this -
>just
>|waiting for the new ATI Rage Fury 32mb AGP which has not yet been released
>|in UK.
>|
>|There is full information in the WIN98 help (Start Button help icon) under
>|"multiple display support".
>|
>|No multiple keyboards or mice are required if using two computers!
>|
>|I use a Belkin Omniview SE 2 Port (4 Port available and can be banked too)
>|switch which allows one keyboard, mouse (and monitor, if you wish) to
>|control as many computers as you wish.   Not very expensive - probably
>|cheaper in the US than here in UK anyway.
>|
>|I am just about to set up a system that combines both of the possibilities
>|under discussion.   Two computers networked (WIN98) with one having two
>|video cards and the other only one.   The switch will be between the two
>|computers and so I will either be operating the main computer with dual
>|screens or the other with one screen.   The essential thing about the
>switch
>|is that all computers "see" a mouse and keyboard so that there are no boot
>|problems.
>|
>|Thomas
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