RE: FLASH: OT: Does anyone know how to get two monitors to run on an NT box?

[Frederico]

On 9/9/1999 2:41 PM, Jon Bell via

jragonbareSquare [dot] com

, said:


>>or(for a more rapid, if not rabid, response *smile*) go to

>>comp.sys.windows.advocacy and claim that mac dual monitor support is

>>far superior to NT's.

>

>

>oh, but it is! :)

>

>(ducking)

>

>I've never had one problem w/ mine, but I didn't expect to, either.


I'm just curious, has any NT/98 user ever managed to get more than two 

monitors working? The most I've personally configured on a Mac is seven, 

which isn't any harder than five (my work machine), or three (my home 

machine), other than the extra time it takes to ColorSync each monitor.


Is NT/98 limited to two? Three? No limit? I would want to believe that if 

three monitors could work on NT, and you could designate the center 

monitor as 'Main', then dialog boxes in dumb applications wouldn't get 

split across two screens, instead centering on the middle screen.


Multiple monitors is crucial, at least in our shop, to working 

productively in Flash, et al. When my people telecommute, and are stuck 

at home with just one monitor, they gripe to no end about how much longer 

it takes to assemble even a simple movie. For many of our crew, we have 

calculated savings for the compnay to go ahead and provide twin and 

triple monitors for home machines, seeing that the cost is quickly 

returned in productivity.


The above opinion/experience might be of some use for those who have to 

beg for hardware.


<ot>

I was extrememly dissappointed recently when I picked up RailRoad Tycoon 

II, a game previously Mac-only, which could be spread across as many 

monitors as you owned (very handy when running an international 

railroad). Now, it being a Mac-port of a Wintel game, the bloody thing is 

confined to one monitor. Very stupid, and unneccessary. I find it 

frustrating, and unplayable, even on my 20" monitor, not only because it 

is constrained, but because the game controls consume at least 35% of the 

screen, leaving little useable left for the map.


I wish program creators/designers/programmers, games and tools alike, 

would all work with at least three monitors and see just how much 

advantage they overlook while constraining the useability to  just one 

screen.

</ot>


Frederico


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