Dual Screen eMac

[kammron]

im in the midst of starting a dual screen setup...
i know about the screen spanning doctor,
and the cable neede is coming along with an ibook deal i worked out for my cousin.
im just wondering what people who have dual screen setups think,
i have an eMac which is crt, so should i go with another crt?
im thinking since im one a budget (100$), a 15" crt would be cheap.
but not a beige crap one, im thinkin a studio display.

 

[EHUnlucky7x9@ao]

Not to burst your bubble....but the eMac machines only allowed for mirroring the display. None of the eMacs were capable of doing a dual display. It's the mini-VGA to VGA output correct? All the models from 700-1.42 were only capable for mirroring what's on your screen. They aren't like the PowerMacs.

I'm not sure if there is a software out there that would override the capability, but i'm just letting you know to save you a 100 bux.

By the way, an LCD screen can be had for $100 if you look in the right places, like ebay's buy it now or craigslist.com and even in these forums. You can also check anandtech.com forums.

 

[kammron]

Not to burst your bubble....but the eMac machines only allowed for mirroring the display. None of the eMacs were capable of doing a dual display. It's the mini-VGA to VGA output correct? All the models from 700-1.42 were only capable for mirroring what's on your screen. They aren't like the PowerMacs.

I'm not sure if there is a software out there that would override the capability, but i'm just letting you know to save you a 100 bux.

By the way, an LCD screen can be had for $100 if you look in the right places, like ebay's buy it now or craigslist.com and even in these forums. You can also check anandtech.com forums.

theres a software available for free called screen spanning doctor
and it allows spanning rahter than mirroring on emacs and ibooks.

 

[After G]

It doesn't work if you have a non-ATI eMac. I think the nVidia eMacs, like the one I have, couldn't do spanning.

If you have an ATI eMac, then cheers and forget what I said.

CRTs are cheap these days. You could even scope out a school and ask. Schools usually have old Macs by the boatload, and they're willing to give the stuff they don't use free. Just an idea.

 

[kammron]

yeah mines the ati version.
hah funny you say that cause at school there was a bunch of old imacs, and i cleaned out the ram from them, and took a few keyboards.
they were just sitting there lonely as hell lol.
i kinda want to stick with another apple screen.
a 17" studio display would be perfect