Re: Amelio's ouster

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <5q2pb5$ojr@tor-nn1-hb0.netcom.ca>,
Jennifer Joyce Jones <bassclef@netcom.ca> wrote:
>In <33C477F5.705E@MacConnect.com> Geoff Kaiser
><SuperKais@MacConnect.com> writes: 
>>
>
>>I agree that it's been a long time since Apple's advertising was "in
>>your face", like in the days of the high-flying Apple II when Apple
>>sneered at IBM's first entry in the PC market in the major newspapers,
>>or in '84-85 when Apple's TV commercials showed a stack of IBM PC user
>>manuals next to a light Mac user booklet (!). I hope Apple tries to
>>regain this attitude they once had, and keep pushing it in everyone's
>>face; most people are unaware of all the things Apple Mac machines can
>>do (examples: can your PC use two monitors with different display
>>content? Can your PC be turned on/off from the keyboard? Can you
>switch
>>keyboards/mice without rebooting?)
>
>
>As for two monitors, I don't think it can be done on current PC's but
>early versions of Lotus would do it on CGA with two monitors, IIRC
>(i.e. MDA out the RCA port, CGA out the 9 pin)
>
>Mind you, it's difficult to call CGA "display content"... :)
>
>
>Pat McNeil
>
>

Way way way off topic here, but....

sure they can.  install an MDA card along with any "graphics" video
card.  they operate independently, because the video buffers are
at different addresses.  This is taken advantage of in some CAD
packages (Autocad comes to mind), so that you can use two monitors
at once... your nice 21" zillion color with the graphics card,
and a 9-12" for super-sharp text display so that you don't have
menus cluttering up your workspace, allowing you to see things just
that little smidgen better.

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