Re: [TCLUG:16795] multi-head Indys?

[Nate Carlson <natecars@real-time.com>]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

>         I don't suppose it's possible to take the vid board and monitor from
> one Indy, put it into another (along with the original equipment) and, and
> run dual-head?
>         I'd guess it's not possible to run one 8-bit framebuffer & one
> 24-bit frambuffer.

I tried; didn't work. the dual-head indys to come with one 8-bit and one
24-bit, but I think it uses a different kind of card.

> 
> at $185/ea, I'm re-upping my order to 2 of them... the memory alone is worth
> $120.
> and then I have a matched set of 17" SGI monitors. :)
> 
> how possible is it to adapt a regular monitor to run on one of these things?
> 

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