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To: Sheri Kohn who wrote (3281)4/28/1999 10:09:00 PM
From: wily  Read Replies (2) of 110631
 
Sheri,

I know nothing about laptops, but I think that the motherboards have spare slots (not too many though), so there should be an access hole for that slot where you could plug the monitor in. You'd have to buy another vid card. I'd call the manufacturer. I just tried calling Dell and they seemed kinda busy -- didn't get to talk to a person.

So, the answer to what you would have to do (assuming that it's possible and that you have an available slot), is you would just need to buy a vid card and plug it in your notebook's motherboard.

This also assumes that you are running win98, and that your main vid card supports dual monitors. If you're running anything besides win98 the chances are much smaller.

Of course, I could be wrong about any or all of this, mainly didn't want you to feel neglected <g>.

OT: How do you think a notebook display compares to the display on a regular (CRT) monitor? I was not too impressed with the notebook displays, although I'm sure you get used to it.

wily
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