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To: Street Walker who wrote (16391)	1/20/1998 12:22:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 24154

>>>I figure if I build one good computer, I can run 2-3 monitors off it.<<< If you're not a hacker, buy an integrated vertical market type of product. Something packaged elsewhere, maybe. Cause this can be a real pain in the butt. Or, here's a thought. Get NT, on a dual processor Compaq with two monitors and somebody's splitter video board and drivers, like that matrox somebody posted about. Really it's just one display, in many ways, and it solves some problems. Put a couple open windows on one monitor, and a couple windows on the other (say, 19" monitors so you have plenty of space.) You can spread the horsepower and the screen space. NT will multitask better, and keep your old DOS and Win3.1 programs in their own spaces too, so they don't crash you when they interact. Or, get one of the new expensive wide screen (1x2 ratio hidef) displays. Just line up three or 4 windows full-size side by side. One keyboard, one video board, lots of screen space, 2 or 4 processors. Just an idea, tell us if it fits. Chaz

To: Street Walker who wrote (16391)	1/20/1998 12:26:00 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Hello Street, PMFJI, but I've learned a little today also. I'm going to check into the Matrox Millenium II ... because I just bought a machine that has one! I'm getting ready to assemble a computer and I want it capable for my buiness needs. I'm a daytrader and run several programs on several outdated computers. I figure if I build one good computer, I can run 2-3 monitors off it. I'm not a techie and I'm trying to do it right the first time, and not pay twice. Lot of techies hang out here, and I want to thank you for your advice. I just bought three new systems from dreamtech.com a company out in Fremont, CA in the Bay Area. $2k for a fully loaded Pentium II 233Mhz w/ 128MB and 6.5GB HD and a Matrox Mellenium II card with a Viewsonic 17" .25 Monitor ... and on and on. Since I bought two of these, I learned today that I should be able to put the two video cards in one of the systems, put the two 17" monitors on it, and I'll be rolling! No special cards ... all off the shelf hardware. Do I wait for Windows 98 or just use the currently available multimonitor graphics cards? The one I like is the Appian J3 ($840-8mb) I'm a value oriented consumer. If the Matrox will do it, at $171.00, then I think it's a better move. That card is a real standard card ... no custom multimonitor cards needed ... Off my internet connection: I run IE4, eudora, #daytraders chat channel, and a SOES execution software - several of the following: vlcn.com At the same time, I have a separate cable feed running a real time graphics software for charts and TA. If you haven't been using multiple monitors you'll love it! > S.W. Scott C. Lemon