Dual head graphics card

deanandgrace · 02-05-2002, 08:01 PM

how long must we wait to get dual head graphic card updates.. my friend has a fish screen saver on two monitors it looks so cool !! Pity we cant get the same with the aquarium.So how long guys must we wait.. till we get the dual screen treament like the other screen savers that are built into xp.

feldon34 · 02-06-2002, 12:08 AM

Jim spent 2 months rewriting the Aquarium in DirectX 8.0.

Then Microsoft decided not to support DirectX 8 screen savers in Windows 95, 98, and ME.

It works... sort of.

The password and settings boxes are invisible half the time!

So Jim got screwed and we got screwed.

Microsoft is to blame re: the lack of dual monitor support.

Jim Sachs · 02-06-2002, 02:42 AM

Tell me how to do it, and I'll put it in.

feldon34 · 02-06-2002, 11:16 AM

(in DirectX 6 code of course)

Darrell L · 02-06-2002, 08:08 PM

I used these links a few years ago when I first played around with DirectX multi-monitor support. Maybe they'll help. I think they're DX6?

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hick0088/files/G400_DualHead.doc
ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/devrel/...x_dual_d3d.zip

Jim Sachs · 02-06-2002, 10:48 PM

They do seem to be DX6. Thanks, I'll read them when I get a chance.

02-05-2002, 08:01 PM	#1
deanandgrace Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1	Dual head graphics card how long must we wait to get dual head graphic card updates.. my friend has a fish screen saver on two monitors it looks so cool !! Pity we cant get the same with the aquarium.So how long guys must we wait.. till we get the dual screen treament like the other screen savers that are built into xp.

02-06-2002, 12:08 AM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Jim spent 2 months rewriting the Aquarium in DirectX 8.0. Then Microsoft decided not to support DirectX 8 screen savers in Windows 95, 98, and ME. It works... sort of. The password and settings boxes are invisible half the time! So Jim got screwed and we got screwed. Microsoft is to blame re: the lack of dual monitor support. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman Last edited by feldon34; 02-06-2002 at 12:18 AM.

02-06-2002, 02:42 AM	#3
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Tell me how to do it, and I'll put it in. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-06-2002, 11:16 AM	#4
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	(in DirectX 6 code of course) "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-06-2002, 10:48 PM	#6
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	They do seem to be DX6. Thanks, I'll read them when I get a chance. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-06-2002, 08:08 PM	#5
Darrell L Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20	I used these links a few years ago when I first played around with DirectX multi-monitor support. Maybe they'll help. I think they're DX6? http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hick0088/files/G400_DualHead.doc ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/devrel/...x_dual_d3d.zip