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To: Street Walker who wrote (235)	2/17/1998 8:17:00 PM
From: Street Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

WhyMouse Dual Input Adapters Got a special pointer that you like best? Maybe you have a new track ball or touchpad, but you want to keep your mouse? No problem, the WhyMouse products are designed to allow you to instantly (and automatically) switch between two devices like two mice, two keyboards or a tablet and a serial mouse. No additional software, no switchboxes, just grab and go! cwol.com Will this adapter make two cursors visible?? S.W.

To: Street Walker who wrote (235)	2/18/1998 8:51:00 AM
From: Dirk Hente	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

[STB MVP-Pro128 the new winner ?] lets start with the 'hard facts' (sorry, but i cant comment on the 3d stuff): - 230MHz RamDAC - SGRam (1600 Mb per sec) - dual port + optional daughter card - 128 bit (nVidia's RIVA 128) - Win95/Win NT support i mentioned it in one of my earlier postings, the speed is determined by 1. bus width (on the graphic adapter) stb has 128, appian & colorgraphic 64; this is clearly an advatage by a factor of 2! 2. bus type cpu/graphic adapter so far the same for all: pci. But, stb has announced an <b<AGP version (who again was asking for a AGP multimon card? Zeuspaul, Streetwalker? STB is the answer..tho they dont have even their single port AGP 128 out) 3. type of video ram well, SGRAM on STB is very fast, faster than the RDRAM solution of appian. if we have a closer look here, we can see SGRAM is a single port memory while Rambus has dual port capabilities. however, the dual port capability isnt used by the cirrus logic chip GD5465 (reserved for a new member of the laguna chip family i guess).btw, how compares SGRAM to WRAM (Matrox). here is a nice comparison made by 'Number Nine': nine.com they say, SGRAM is the fastest single-ported RAM, WRAM is the fastest dual-ported RAM final point: the bandwidth of the RAMDAC. both, appian J3 and STB 128-pro have the same: 230 MHZ which implies resolution/refresh rate combinations should be the same for both cards. Appian and STB give examples: 1024x768/65K 1280x1024/65K 1600x1200/65k res/color STB: 120Hz 85Hz 85Hz J3: 100Hz 85Hz 60Hz i got the numbers from here: appian J3: appiantech.com stb: stb.com dont ask me why the numbers are different..i'm still thinking.... (I cross checked appian numbers with cirrus data book, they specify a max refresh rate of 85 Hz for 1600x1200) looking at the raw numbers i can only say: STB is the best. BUT how about the software driver & utilities? well..i was unable to find any single piece of useful info at the STB site.. i tried the search, i tried the ftp site, i downloaded the driver/utilities ...no info..no help..'no nothing'. At stbmvp.com i found a short description of 'Mediator' an utility which is designed to manage the placement of dialogs and application windows when using STB Virtual Desktop drivers with an STB MVP adapter. This advanced utility allows for increased application control on expanding windows to a chosen monitor and also to designate placements of dialog boxes and application windows. ok, they seem to have an utility which prevents window splitting and maybe som things more.. can i use a different resolution for my monitors when i use a STB card? important question , especially when i think of Streetwalker's, heterogene monitor environment: a 15", a 17" and a 21" monitor. if you are forced to use the same resolution for all monitors, this would imply you cant make full use of your high end 21" monitor because your 15" one cant be driven at a solution of 1600x1200. we know, appain is touting they have a unique software technology for multiple resolutions.