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- From: davidr@davidr.mentorg.com (FPD - D1434)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: TECH: 2 video cards?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.051021.24406@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:31:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov21.051021.24406
- References: <1992Nov18.050102.23495@u.washington.edu> <1992Nov19.072049.2479@u.w
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- In article <1992Nov19.072049.2479@u.washington.edu>, dstampe@psych.toronto.edu (
- Dave Stampe) writes:
- |>
- |> TJR122@PSUVM.PSU.EDU writes:
- |> >
- |> >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?
- |>
- |> 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.
- |>
- |>
- |> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- |> | 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?|
- |> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This may not be useful, but what the hey...
-
- Borland C++ 3.1 allows you to add a monochrome card and monitor and when you
- invoke the debugger on some application, the application comes up normally
- on the color monitor and the debugger on the monochrome.
-
- I'm told this works because the color and monochrome cards use different
- memory areas. (I'm new to PCs so I can't get more technical than this.)
-
- David Ransier
-