Re: Two monitors on IIe

[hlevinsn@rci.rutgers.edu (Hank Levinson)]

Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> writes:



>Kelly Petriew wrote:

>> I thought I read something about driving two monitors from the same
>> IIe.  Putting an extra 80-col card in slot 3... my memory is fuzzy (at
>> best).
>>
>> Could someone point me in the direction of this information?  If I
>> read it here, I've lost/deleted it...
>>
>> Thanks Very Much,

>Unfortunately puting an extra 80 column card in slot 3 doesn't work
>for the same reasons you can't use most other cards in slot 3 when
>you have a card in the Auxiliary slot. Even if it did you'd only get
>video output when the IIe was in 80 column mode. One of the
>exceptions is the Second Sight card which works fine in slot 3 but
>it doesn't do well with Double Hi-Res and at least in my case, a lot of
>stuff I use is Double Hi-Res. Another better way to have 2 monitors
>is to get an Auxilary slot 80 column card with RGB output. I'm using
>the RamWorks with RGB option.

>    Wayne

I don't see what all the fuss is about. I used a simple Y-cable to run an
ordinary green screen monitor and a transparency-type LCD with an overhead
projector for my class while I was lecturing. It worked perfectly. You can
make the Y-cable yourself. Just use two male RCA cables joined shielding
to shielding and center coaxial wire to its counterpart. (Cut off the extra
male plug and be sure the modifications are well insulated: no conductance
between shielding and center wire.)

My lectures had good demonstrations, and my students stopped ragging me about
"apples having 'worms'" as soon as I used a voice recognition card and Echo
card to talk to my IIe and have it reply. But that's another story...

Cheers,

Dr. H. Levinson
(aka St. Nick)