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In article <1992Nov13.014457.7671@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> huangch@xenolith.cps.msu.edu (Cheng Chang Huang) writes:
>Can anyone give me some idea about how I can set up dual monitor mode for
>developing Windows Program with BC++?
>
>I have two monitors at hand. One is NEC 3D and the other is CompuAdd Mono
>VGA. I have a VGA card on my machine. What kind of adapter should I
>use/add in order to use them both and, for MS Windows, what kind of change
>should I make to sys.ini?
>
>
Dual monitor mode works by haveing a Color card and a Monochrome card - NOTE, this means _not_ vga mon, but IBM monochrome. This way the cards occupy different
ram addresses. For your setup I would recommend:
Nec Mutilsync connected to a generic Hercules Monochrome Card
CompuAdd VGA connect to your VGA Card.
To startup the debugger & BCC++ in dual mon mode, I think you just specify "/d" in their comand line options. No changes are need to win.ini etc.
NOTE: If your VGA card is 16 bit, the mon card will force it into 8bit mode
and possible affect its ram access speed. This could efect your video display speed rather drastically.
DOS just doesn't have decent dual monitor support like the mac (i think). With windows their is the possibuility of better support though.
