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- From: dstampe@psych.toronto.edu (Dave Stampe)
- Subject: Re: TECH: 2 video cards?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.072049.2479@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:01:53 GMT
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- TJR122@PSUVM.PSU.EDU writes:
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- >Has anyone out there ever played with building a dual display for under
- >$275? I've seen CGA cards that have an RF output. So you could use
- >a Casio LCD TV. But how could I get the computer to recognize 2 such video
- >cards?
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- First, CGA cards may be a bit hard to find these days (the "compatible"
- modes of other cards just don't produce the right color outputs). Then
- CGA cards are _very_ slow, and have a limited number of colors.
-
- I've worked out multi-card methods for VGA cards, and the techniques should
- be transferrable. But it requires modifying the cards or extending your
- computer bus. Basically, you interrupt the A19 and AEN bus lines (or cut
- the traces on the card) and add some logic gates so you can hold A19 low
- and AEN high on the card(s) you don't want to talk to. Otherwise, you pass
- the signals throuugh.
-
- There are now some multi-VGA cards available, and you can reprogram the
- VGA card's registers to produce NTSC timing. But it's up to you to put
- the sync and color into the proper format. I find it easier to use LCD
- panels with RGB inputs.
-
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- | My life is Hardware, | Dave Stampe |
- | my destiny is Software, | dstampe@psych.toronto.edu |
- | my CPU is Wetware... | dstampe@sunee.uwaterloo.ca |
- | Am I a techno-psychologist, or just an engineer dabbling in psychology?|
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