Dr. Terrance Boult wrote: > The P5 will simply need a serial connection, while the M1 uses a VGA. Unless > you've already filled all your serial ports no new hardware is needed. In > fact with some effort into the P5 driver we are expecting to be able to use > the two at the same time (using vga for graphics/images while using P5 for > text). (We have been using IO-glasses for vga/ntsc for now) > > Having a VGA card in the system is nice anyhow if you would ever like to sit > down and use a regular monitor and makes setting up/debugging the original > system much easier... Hmmm....this triggered a thought - what about a hybrid HMD system, with one VGA/graphics head, and one text head? I suppose the two display heads would be quite bulky, but this would give the best of both worlds - crisp text and graphics. Any thoughts? -- Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team Scientific Atlanta | Digital Video Services Group |
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