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Re: Inexpensive Display Technology

From: Pete Hardie <>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 08:47:09 -0400

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?

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Pete Hardie                   |   Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta            |
Digital Video Services Group  |

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