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Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:07:26 -0300
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Felipe wrote:

> Hi, DJ. I'm using RHIDE to develop a graphic game, and I want to use the
> 'dual display' feature. I'm using an AGP video card as primary adapter
> with an 17" color monitor. From my old equipment I've and old svga
> monitor with a cheap trident 9440 adapter. Can I use them on RHIDE
> instead of the hercules mono adapter/mono monitor combo?

No. The BIOS of the boards (and perhaps the registers) will overlap. MDA
and Hercules boards uses a different region of memory, I/O and no BIOS.

> Can be any part of my equipment damaged with 2 video cards at once?

I doubt it.

SET

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