From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 19 12:20:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA29278 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gromit.pinpt.com (gromit.pinpt.com [205.179.195.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA29249 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:19:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rover3.pinpt.com (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by gromit.pinpt.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA18109; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960919191712.00973224@wallace.pinpt.com> X-Sender: schluntz@wallace.pinpt.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:17:12 -0700 To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: Multiple Video Cards Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> They suggested I get the Matrox Impression Plus or Muleniam cards (I >> want to put to gether 2 15" running 800x600 and one 17" running >> 1024x768). >Why such a low resolution? The Millenium, for example (which I would >recommend) offers up to 1600x1200, and even on a 15" monitor 1024x768 >gives a cleaner picture. You might also consider if you really need 3 >displays, or whether 2 17" displays wouldn't be more convenient. After working on the system for more than 5 hours I start having problems reading the diaplay correctly if the fonts get to small. (I might just need newer glasses.) That's why I was thinking of using 8x6 on the 15" because I have a 15" here and 10x7 is just a little to small. >> If I were to do this what would I have to do for FreeBSD to be able >> to see all three displays and support them? > >Install the boards and connect them to monitors. You'll save some >headaches by installing only PCI boards and making them all >Milleniums. You do have a point there. I'll think about it. -Sean --- Sean J. Schluntz eMail schluntz@pinpt.com Manager Support Services Phone (408) 997-6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation Fax (408) 323-2300 http://www.pinpt.com/