[malcolm]

I'm getting a new Apple Display to use with my powerbook (1.67) - and I was about to turf the big CRT I've been using (via VGA) with my old powerbook - - and I wondered...
Any way to hook up the Apple Display AND the CRT (via some splitter that would also allow for VGA hook-up)???
That would give me the pb display, the Apple Display and the CRT - - three in all. Possible?
Malcolm

[Brad]

Are you saying you want to span three displays? Or that you want to mirror the two external ones?

I believe the former is impossible. The latter should be possible, though, if anyone actually makes a splitter like this.

[malcolm]

Hi Brad,
thanks for the response. Yes (I know it seems greedy) - I'd love to span three displays. No hope for this?
Malcolm

[ast3r3x]

Not with a powerbook. I don't even think it can span to both S-Video and DVI ports at the same time, let alone magically send two signals through the same DVI connection.

[thegeek]

1.67GHz, good that means something with a PCMCIA slot. In that case, you want this thing:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Viewsonic/VTBOOK/

[ast3r3x]

Thats awesome!

I mean sure it costs $250, but that thing is sweet!

[malcolm]

Originally Posted by thegeek 1.67GHz, good that means something with a PCMCIA slot. In that case, you want this thing: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Viewsonic/VTBOOK/

Wow! that's why I love this forum - - I never would have found this otherwise! Thanks so much for the tip! I'll follow it up.
Malcolm

[Franz Josef]

Originally Posted by thegeek 1.67GHz, good that means something with a PCMCIA slot. In that case, you want this thing: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Viewsonic/VTBOOK/

thanks thegeek that does look VERY cool ......

[Koodari]

Very interesting that someone makes a PCMCIA graphics card.
Still, that expense, and having even more cords attached to your laptop which defeats the purpose of having a laptop... I would do one of two things:

- upgrade the external display to as big as possible
- have a desktop and attach desired amount of monitors.

I haven't tried it myself but this utility could help in combining the desktop + laptop approach: http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/osx2x/

[Paul]

Would the dual-dvi port of the 128 mb gfx card be able to be split into two dvi connections?

[thegeek]

I thought dual-link DVI is only supposed to support higher resolution displays because single port DVI can only shovel so much bandwidth.

As for the link, I was actually looking for a video capture PCMCIA card at the time and stumbled across that video card. Glad I could be helpful!

[Brad]

Right. The "dual" part of the name is a little misleading. That just means that it's getting twice as much bandwidth, as the geek said, not that it's offering two separate connections.