13 Mar
2002
13 Mar
'02
8:12 a.m.
The video dongle looks like a simple cable, but it must
have some sort of
electronic switch in it as well.
It switches the monitor between the PCs video output and the Mac's video
output.
As a workaround, however, I remember that you CAN plug in two monitors
simultaneously -- one that shows
what is going on on the PC and another, the Mac...
I don't think there is a switch in the cable, but rather I think it loops
some signals back to the PC card, which causes the switch over.
And yes, you can plug two monitors in, and run both at the same time...
BUT... you still need the dongle to do that... as the dongle is the only
way to get the video OFF the older DOS cards. If you want to run two
monitors, you just don't plug the loopback portion into the Mac's video.
-chris
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