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I've had the best luck installing win98 ontop of win95 from the command(or
dos) prompt-(hit f8 during bootup) rather than from win95 desktop.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Nixon(MLS) <mbjp57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; RealTraders Discussion
Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: hardware set up
>Andrew and all, this is very useful discussion as I am just about to
embark
>on mulit-monitor route. I am running W95 with a P150. Two questions, I
>had heard that installing W98 can cause problems and that you should
>reformat the hard drive before installing rather than installing in top of
>W95. Is this the case/recommended? Secondly, Is my P150 processor going
>to be too slow with the W98/mulitmonitor set-up?
>
>many thanks
>
>Philip
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: 24 February 1999 01:33
>Subject: Re: hardware set up
>
>
>|I have looked in to multi-monitor setups with win98 and
>|I would say if you are serious about trading then you need to
>|do this. It is so easy in win98 and does not slow your system
>|down noticeably. It is also less expensive then you think. I have seen a
>|4 monitor system running TradeStation and it was amazing. but what
>|was really amazing is the video cards. They used basic 35 dollar
>|video card designed for win98.
>|
>|All you need are two or more supported video cards. Your
>|mother board bios must be designed for more then one
>|monitor. You have to have open slots and enough Irq's (interrupts)
>|to run the additional video cards.
>|
>|under win98, each video card will take and manage one portion of the
screen
>|so in theory your video response time could increase.
>|
>|The only way to really slow the system down is to run more applications.
>|If you run TradeStation on a 4 monitor system, you can put a chart on each
>|monitor, but you will still be running one copy of trade station , so the
>|CPU will not
>|be strained more then it is normally. The video card takes 99 percent of
>|the additional
>|work load.
>|
>|I would also recommend that all your video cards are the same. This is
not
>|required
>|but it makes the drivers easier to install.
>|
>|I am not sure why you would need 256 megs of ram. Each video card will
>have
>|its own ram and will be processing only one portion of the desktop. (which
>|is stretched
>|across the monitors) The system I saw with four monitors used 64 megs
with
>|cheapo video cars and it ran great.
>|
>|So you have to check the following.
>|1.Can your computer mother board use two monitors. Call the manufacture
>|
>|2.Which video cards do you want to use? are they compatible. Most
>|manufactures have compatible v-cards now.
>|Go to manufacture's web sights or call them and find one that suits your
>|needs and is compatible with multi-monitor setups.
>|
>|3.Do you have open slots and Irq's available? If you don't know, find
>|someone to help or take it to a dealer.
>|
>|5. Plug in the monitors. Make more money.
>|
>|The days of 2500 dollar dule monitor cards are history.
>|
>|
>|Hope this helps.
>|
>|
>|Andrew S.
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|
>|-----Original Message-----
>|From: Len Olson <lto@xxxxxxxx>
>|To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>|Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 4:48 PM
>|Subject: Re: hardware set up
>|
>|
>|>Valhalla,
>|>
>|>You can run dual monitors but at the cost of performance and failure.
>|>Maybe the new Pentium III will be able to handle this approach. Apart
>|>from splitting the duties of the processor, you have two other BIG
>|>problems. The processor assigns and processes the job, i.e. logic,
>|>math, and I/O subsections of the processor. But, RAM has to be huge
>|>anymore. Perhaps, 256MB would suffice. Second, the onboard memory of
>|>the video board(s) has to be equally impressive. Both of these problems
>|>WILL result in RAM conflicts which in turn lead to system lockup. (the
>|>infamous "serious fault" or "system not responding" prompts from the
>|>PC. Worse yet, your screens just lock up, stop displaying updated data,
>|>and you do not even know what has happened. No doubt. Buy a second
>|>system. I responded to a few posts today regarding use of a cable
>|>modem. Here is what you do. Rely upon WIN95, 98, or NT's peer to peer
>|>network capabilities. Buy a network hub ($25 to $100). The cable modem
>|>will come equipped with a T-base-10 connection which goes into the hub.
>|>All, (or both), of your PC's tie into the hub. Instant access from all
>|>PC's to the internet via cable modem. Good Luck.
>|>
>|>Valhalla wrote:
>|>>
>|>> I have a question for the group about an issue that others might have
>|>> tackled by now. Anyone running dual monitors under Win98? Would
>|>> appreciate any experience with this, especially as to choice of any
>|>> special video card required. The only one I've seen was as expensive
as
>|>> a 2nd computer.
>|>>
>|>> Thanks, Mark Scheier
>|>
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