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  • R Rickard Andersson20

    Colin Davies wrote: I'd rather get a Really big wide-screen tft LCD When I see, hear or read that I just think of $$$! Damn so expensive the are! Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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    zenboy
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    After the rebate, you can get one here[^] for only $1199 (US) dollars. X| You even get free shipping !!!!


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    • R Rickard Andersson20

      Currently, I'm using two and it's soooo nice! You can keep MSDN Library opened in the second and VS.NET in the first. You can also keep all your IM programs (as for me, I have Sonork and ICQ) in the second and Winamp and desktop icons etc. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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      Daniel Turini
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      Everyone here have two monitors. It's addictive. Even drag & drop operations become easier. We soon will be upgrading the machines and probably we’ll have three (hey, why not four) monitors. I’ll be taking so much radiation that, instead of having my shadow projected on the wall, you’ll see a picture of my bones projected. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer

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      • R Rickard Andersson20

        zenboy wrote: Next week I should have a new video card ( on order ) so I'll have 3 monitors. Can't wait Are you using one video card now, with a DVI output for a second monitor? And will put a second card later? Wow, so I can install my second video card I have here somewhere and get three monitors? Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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        zenboy
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        Currently using a dual head nVidia card. I ordered a Matrox Parhelia[^] card, which has three heads. The dual card that I'm using now is an AGP card, I tried installing a PCI video card, thinking that maybe with Win XP I could get it to work. Though the card installed with all the drivers, the system would not allow me to use both AGP and PCI video. I have a buyer for the dual head card, so that plus some deep digging for cash gets me the matrox card. Of course, now I'm waiting for someone to tell me that the two cards could have worked, but then I wouldn't have an excuse to buy a new card. So don't ruin my sorrow. :) You can get a triple Matrox Pahrelia at NewEgg.com[^]


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        • P peterchen

          One upon a time, I used a Hercules MGA for the debugger, and a SVGA for the debugged app. It was SOOOO nice!!! As for desk space, anyone into sponsoring me a good TFT? [edit] btw - how do you set it up nowadays? I assume you need a second graphics card - but this would have to be a PCI one, or are there boards with two AGP slots? Or are you using the onboard and an external?[/edit]


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          Daniel Turini
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          To setup it is easy, WinXP has a slightly better support for dual monitors than Win2k, but not a big deal. The easiest way is: you use an AGP card and as many PCI cards you want (or can). Then, on your BIOS, you set your AGP as the primary card (most games will work on your primary card, and probably you'll get better performance on your AGP card). Boot XP, install the drivers for both cards. On the property page where you set your resolution you'll now have two monitors, and you can move them to match your physical setup (left/right/up/down) and enable/disable them. Not all cards support it, but NVidia cards never had a problem here; we normally use a TNT2 PCI + a GeForce4 AGP. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer

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            To setup it is easy, WinXP has a slightly better support for dual monitors than Win2k, but not a big deal. The easiest way is: you use an AGP card and as many PCI cards you want (or can). Then, on your BIOS, you set your AGP as the primary card (most games will work on your primary card, and probably you'll get better performance on your AGP card). Boot XP, install the drivers for both cards. On the property page where you set your resolution you'll now have two monitors, and you can move them to match your physical setup (left/right/up/down) and enable/disable them. Not all cards support it, but NVidia cards never had a problem here; we normally use a TNT2 PCI + a GeForce4 AGP. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer

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            Rickard Andersson20
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            :doh: "I have a graphic card with dual option" when he asked how to set it up... Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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            • R Rickard Andersson20

              Currently, I'm using two and it's soooo nice! You can keep MSDN Library opened in the second and VS.NET in the first. You can also keep all your IM programs (as for me, I have Sonork and ICQ) in the second and Winamp and desktop icons etc. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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              Lars Viklund
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              I'm using either two monitors and a TV or three monitors. I use the 2+tv combo when I code, where I have VS on one monitor and help, ICQ and IRC on the other. I might play some nice movie or music video on the TV. If I have all three monitors connected, I do usually have VS on center, help on right and Opera on left. When I get bored I play some Q3 or JK3 in Surround on all three monitors. As you might suspect, I have a Matrox Parhelia. I have 1x19" and 2x17" monitors.

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                To setup it is easy, WinXP has a slightly better support for dual monitors than Win2k, but not a big deal. The easiest way is: you use an AGP card and as many PCI cards you want (or can). Then, on your BIOS, you set your AGP as the primary card (most games will work on your primary card, and probably you'll get better performance on your AGP card). Boot XP, install the drivers for both cards. On the property page where you set your resolution you'll now have two monitors, and you can move them to match your physical setup (left/right/up/down) and enable/disable them. Not all cards support it, but NVidia cards never had a problem here; we normally use a TNT2 PCI + a GeForce4 AGP. You can do it on anything you choose - from .bat to .net - A customer

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                Paul Watson
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                Thanks for the info Turini, I always assumed one needed a dual-monitor capable graphics card, not just a second one. Now that a co-worker is away for two weeks I have a free monitor *paul goes digging in the spares closet* :-D regards, Paul Bluegrass South Africa Ravi Bhavnani wrote: it's sold on EBay and shipped from China (on how to inspire confidence in your product) Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                • Z zenboy

                  Currently using a dual head nVidia card. I ordered a Matrox Parhelia[^] card, which has three heads. The dual card that I'm using now is an AGP card, I tried installing a PCI video card, thinking that maybe with Win XP I could get it to work. Though the card installed with all the drivers, the system would not allow me to use both AGP and PCI video. I have a buyer for the dual head card, so that plus some deep digging for cash gets me the matrox card. Of course, now I'm waiting for someone to tell me that the two cards could have worked, but then I wouldn't have an excuse to buy a new card. So don't ruin my sorrow. :) You can get a triple Matrox Pahrelia at NewEgg.com[^]


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                  Lars Viklund
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                  Congratulations on the Parhelia. They are lots of fun. Make sure you visit the Matrox Users Resource Center (MURC)[^]. They know everything there is to know. Read my post lower down in this thread to see uses for a Parhelia.

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                  • L Lars Viklund

                    I'm using either two monitors and a TV or three monitors. I use the 2+tv combo when I code, where I have VS on one monitor and help, ICQ and IRC on the other. I might play some nice movie or music video on the TV. If I have all three monitors connected, I do usually have VS on center, help on right and Opera on left. When I get bored I play some Q3 or JK3 in Surround on all three monitors. As you might suspect, I have a Matrox Parhelia. I have 1x19" and 2x17" monitors.

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                    Rickard Andersson20
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                    Hey! You're from Sweden, where did you buy your Matrox Parhelia? Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                      Hey! You're from Sweden, where did you buy your Matrox Parhelia? Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                      Lars Viklund
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                      I bought mine from JME Data[^] But that was in July 2002, I did only select them because they were the first ones to have it in stock. If I were to order one today, I would use Komplett[^] or Dustin AB[^]. Dustin has IMO better support and way better shipping. Don't be afraid to contact me about any issues with the card. I've used it for a while now so I'm quite familiar with it.

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                      • P Paul Watson

                        I have two monitors on my desk. Alas, one is a Mac :| regards, Paul Bluegrass South Africa Ravi Bhavnani wrote: it's sold on EBay and shipped from China (on how to inspire confidence in your product) Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                        David Wulff
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                        Ooh, you pervert. :suss:


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                        • R Rickard Andersson20

                          Currently, I'm using two and it's soooo nice! You can keep MSDN Library opened in the second and VS.NET in the first. You can also keep all your IM programs (as for me, I have Sonork and ICQ) in the second and Winamp and desktop icons etc. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                          David Wulff
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                          One here at work, but two at home. Never going back, in fact I may try and see if I can get a third sometime soon. :rolleyes: One thing I haven't figured out if it's possible to do yet is to have VS.NET span both monitors? I'd like to have a source file open on each display. Do you know if that can be done?


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                            I have two monitors on my desk. Alas, one is a Mac :| regards, Paul Bluegrass South Africa Ravi Bhavnani wrote: it's sold on EBay and shipped from China (on how to inspire confidence in your product) Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                            Nic Rowan
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                            Paul Watson wrote: Alas, one is a Mac If you're going to use that foul language I'm going to have to insist you move your posts to the SoapBox.


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                            • D David Wulff

                              One here at work, but two at home. Never going back, in fact I may try and see if I can get a third sometime soon. :rolleyes: One thing I haven't figured out if it's possible to do yet is to have VS.NET span both monitors? I'd like to have a source file open on each display. Do you know if that can be done?


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                              Rickard Andersson20
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                              No. :( It would be handy to have a source file open on each display. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                                I bought mine from JME Data[^] But that was in July 2002, I did only select them because they were the first ones to have it in stock. If I were to order one today, I would use Komplett[^] or Dustin AB[^]. Dustin has IMO better support and way better shipping. Don't be afraid to contact me about any issues with the card. I've used it for a while now so I'm quite familiar with it.

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                                Rickard Andersson20
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                                Great, thanks! I'll save some money first and then perhaps upgrade to that card. I want three good monitors first. Right now I'm using a 17" as primary and a 15" as secondary. I want three 17" monitors right now! :) Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                                  Currently, I'm using two and it's soooo nice! You can keep MSDN Library opened in the second and VS.NET in the first. You can also keep all your IM programs (as for me, I have Sonork and ICQ) in the second and Winamp and desktop icons etc. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                                  Anders Molin
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                                  I use two Samsung 17" LCD (SyncMaster 172s) :cool: - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" http://SourceLocker.net[^] SourceControl and DefectTracker Project. nsms@spyf.dk <- Spam Collecting ;)

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                                    I have two monitors on my desk. Alas, one is a Mac :| regards, Paul Bluegrass South Africa Ravi Bhavnani wrote: it's sold on EBay and shipped from China (on how to inspire confidence in your product) Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                    Ooh, I've always wanted a Mac :) Is it running MacOS X? -- You still have your old friend Zoidberg. You all have Zoidberg!

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                                      Ooh, I've always wanted a Mac :) Is it running MacOS X? -- You still have your old friend Zoidberg. You all have Zoidberg!

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                                      Paul Watson
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                                      Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Is it running MacOS X? Alas no. Running OS9. But then that is a good thing seeing as I only use it for testing and most Mac users have not migrated to OSX yet. Still I would like another Mac with OSX to test out Safari and the OSX IE browser. Our Mac is one of the origanl blueberry iMacs. Pretty funky looking but really for R13k it was a total rip off. regards, Paul Bluegrass South Africa Ravi Bhavnani wrote: it's sold on EBay and shipped from China (on how to inspire confidence in your product) Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Is it running MacOS X? Alas no. Running OS9. But then that is a good thing seeing as I only use it for testing and most Mac users have not migrated to OSX yet. Still I would like another Mac with OSX to test out Safari and the OSX IE browser. Our Mac is one of the origanl blueberry iMacs. Pretty funky looking but really for R13k it was a total rip off. regards, Paul Bluegrass South Africa Ravi Bhavnani wrote: it's sold on EBay and shipped from China (on how to inspire confidence in your product) Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                        Paul Watson wrote: Still I would like another Mac with OSX to test out Safari and the OSX IE browser. A third monitor would be nice. That way you could ask for a bigger office too! :) Paul Watson wrote: Pretty funky looking but really for R13k it was a total rip off. That's one of the reasons why I don't own a Mac.. :( -- You still have your old friend Zoidberg. You all have Zoidberg!

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                                        • R Rickard Andersson20

                                          Currently, I'm using two and it's soooo nice! You can keep MSDN Library opened in the second and VS.NET in the first. You can also keep all your IM programs (as for me, I have Sonork and ICQ) in the second and Winamp and desktop icons etc. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                                          Roger Allen
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                                          A while back I was running 3 monitors 1 * 21", 2 * 17", but I needed the desk space for other stuff, so only have 2 at the mo. May go back to 3 again soon. :) Debugger, application and MSDN open on different windows! :cool: Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 Were you different as a kid? Did you ever say "Ooohhh, shiny red" even once? - Paul Watson 11-February-2003

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