How do I do this (make a monitor driver?)?

[halo]

My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
up like this:

I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
monitors would look like this:

display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
is center, and 3 is right.

Monitor A would show:
[ 2 ]

Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
[1 | 3]

so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
monitor B

Thanks folks

 

[Adam Albright]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:55:49 -0700, halo <haloeffects@gmail.com>
wrote:

>My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
>up like this:
>
>I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
>display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
>the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
>Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
>part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
>monitors would look like this:
>
>display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
>is center, and 3 is right.
>
>Monitor A would show:
>[ 2 ]
>
>Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
>[1 | 3]
>
>so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
>part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
>monitor B
>
>Thanks folks


You got to be kidding.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

halo wrote:
> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>
> Thanks folks

Chainsaw?

 

[Spirit]

How about 3 monitors?

Look at TripleHead Digital and Analog Editions here :

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/products/home.php#gxm

"halo" <haloeffects@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184295349.307502.115310@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>
> Thanks folks
>

 

[Ian]

You go buy a a duel head connector. There are ones for laptops and ones for
desktops but you can also run an internal switching card. Here is a link.

www.geeks.com/techtips/2005/techtips-AUG18-05.htm

Or just put two monitor use in Google search for those connectors.



"halo" <haloeffects@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184295349.307502.115310@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>
> Thanks folks
>
>

 

[Robert Firth]

Is there any point to having monitor B display images 1 and 3? And there is
no way you are about to write a monitor - or graphics driver for that
matter - to do that.

Just setup monitor A, B, and C like this:
[A][C]

Or monitors A and B like so:
[A]

That way you can drag a window from one screen to the other and not confuse
yourself when you move it across a split screen.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"halo" <haloeffects@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184295349.307502.115310@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>
> Thanks folks
>

 

[Robert Firth]

Adam, your response is priceless

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
news:vard93hcake8spuo37vhn3ob73o8fr34cc@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:55:49 -0700, halo <haloeffects@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> You got to be kidding.
>

 

[Peter Foldes]

halo

You cannot do what you are describing. Although you can have 2 monitors but not to show or work as you describe.

Having a monitor showing something on 1\2 on the screen and showing something else on the other 1\2 of the screen is not feasible with any OS. If you are thinking about the way some surveillance systems show multiple images on a screen then this is not capable of being achieved with any operating system

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"halo" <haloeffects@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1184295349.307502.115310@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>
> Thanks folks
>

 

[Mick Murphy]

Two bottles of RUM!!!!!!

"halo" wrote:

> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>
> Thanks folks
>
>

 

[Adam Albright]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:16:43 -0500, "Robert Firth"
<webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote:

>Adam, your response is priceless
>
>Robert Firth
>http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
>news:vard93hcake8spuo37vhn3ob73o8fr34cc@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:55:49 -0700, halo <haloeffects@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> You got to be kidding.
>>
I got dizzy just reading that post. -)

 

[Stephan Rose]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:35:51 -0400, Peter Foldes wrote:

> halo
>
> You cannot do what you are describing. Although you can have 2 monitors but not to show or work as you describe.
>
> Having a monitor showing something on 1\2 on the screen and showing something else on the other 1\2 of the screen is not feasible with any OS. If you are thinking about the way some surveillance systems show multiple images on a screen then this is not capable of being achieved with any operating system
>

Actually I'm not so sure. X Server in Ubuntu *might* actually be flexible
enough to do such a crazy thing. You can specify starting offsets in
pixels IIRC, which is the first thing you'd need to do something like that.

The second thing you'd need is to be able to specify that you only want to
use a certain width / height of the target screen's resolution. That's the
part I'm not sure if it can do it. I'd need to read up on it and I'm not
in the mood for that. Plus even if so, it'd not help the OP much as it
isn't Vista specific. =)

--
Stephan
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[HeyBub]

halo wrote:
> My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> up like this:
>
> I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> monitors would look like this:
>
> display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> is center, and 3 is right.
>
> Monitor A would show:
> [ 2 ]
>
> Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> [1 | 3]
>
> so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> monitor B
>

You might be able to do it with enough mirrors - like at the fun house.

Are you trying to drive your spouse off the sauce?

 

[halo]

I appologise those who lacked the brain power to follow aloing before
and where concequently dizzyed. You should proboly ignore the
following, as we wouldn't want you to get too confused. Consider
yourself warned. For the brave, please keep your arms and hands
inside until the post comes to a complete stop.....


My intention was to use mirrors, but not the way you think. I want to
have my flatscreen (laptop) monitor as the middle monitor, and put my
crt monitor behind it, using mirrors to reflect the two halves to the
outsides of the middle monitors, like having two sideways periscopes.
Then (if the two monitors were set up as I described) one would have
at three-monitor setup for the price of two. It seems especially
helpfull since I don't have the cash to upgrade from a 2 screen card
to a 3 screen card, nor am I sure the laptop even has the capability
to do so.

The arangement would look like this, with the ---'s being the
monitors, and the \'s and /'s being the mirrors.


-------- = CRT behind laptop screen
/ /\ \
-------- = laptop flatscreen

viewer here

On Jul 13, 5:11 pm, "HeyBub" <hey...@gmail.com> wrote:
> halo wrote:
> > My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
> > up like this:
>
> > I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
> > display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
> > the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
> > Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
> > part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
> > monitors would look like this:
>
> > display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
> > is center, and 3 is right.
>
> > Monitor A would show:
> > [ 2 ]
>
> > Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
> > [1 | 3]
>
> > so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
> > part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
> > monitor B
>
> You might be able to do it with enough mirrors - like at the fun house.
>
> Are you trying to drive your spouse off the sauce?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

 

[halo]

A "PS" to the previous post: I was doing this in order to watch
movies this way, specifically a cinerama movie (Yes, I get the
irony). I am fairly adept in movie editing software, so I imagine
this is how I will solve the problem (by creating a movie file that is
configured the way I explained above). I was just wondering if I
could continue using the computer in this fasion too. Wanted to have
my cake and eat it too!

 

[xfile]

>I appologise those who lacked the brain power to follow aloing before
> and where concequently dizzyed. You should proboly ignore the
> following, as we wouldn't want you to get too confused. Consider
> yourself warned. For the brave, please keep your arms and hands
> inside until the post comes to a complete stop.....

Nice opening for those who tried to help.

My advise - Go buy some decent displays and have technicians set up for you.

If you can't afford, don't bother.


"halo" <haloeffects@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184381574.254915.217240@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>I appologise those who lacked the brain power to follow aloing before
> and where concequently dizzyed. You should proboly ignore the
> following, as we wouldn't want you to get too confused. Consider
> yourself warned. For the brave, please keep your arms and hands
> inside until the post comes to a complete stop.....
>
>
> My intention was to use mirrors, but not the way you think. I want to
> have my flatscreen (laptop) monitor as the middle monitor, and put my
> crt monitor behind it, using mirrors to reflect the two halves to the
> outsides of the middle monitors, like having two sideways periscopes.
> Then (if the two monitors were set up as I described) one would have
> at three-monitor setup for the price of two. It seems especially
> helpfull since I don't have the cash to upgrade from a 2 screen card
> to a 3 screen card, nor am I sure the laptop even has the capability
> to do so.
>
> The arangement would look like this, with the ---'s being the
> monitors, and the \'s and /'s being the mirrors.
>
>
> -------- = CRT behind laptop screen
> / /\ \
> -------- = laptop flatscreen
>
> viewer here
>
> On Jul 13, 5:11 pm, "HeyBub" <hey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> halo wrote:
>> > My question is this: I would like to have two displays (monitors) set
>> > up like this:
>>
>> > I'll call them Monitor A and B. Monitor A has the middle of the
>> > display, and Monitor B is divided into two halves, the left half being
>> > the left part of the display (the part of the screen that's left of
>> > Monitor A), the right part being the right part of the display(the
>> > part of the screent that's right of Monitor A). To clarify: the two
>> > monitors would look like this:
>>
>> > display sent to them would be oriented as 1 | 2 | 3 so 1 is left, 2
>> > is center, and 3 is right.
>>
>> > Monitor A would show:
>> > [ 2 ]
>>
>> > Monitor B would be divided in half, and show:
>> > [1 | 3]
>>
>> > so the left part of the overall display would be next to the right
>> > part of the overall display, and those two halves would be both put on
>> > monitor B
>>
>> You might be able to do it with enough mirrors - like at the fun house.
>>
>> Are you trying to drive your spouse off the sauce?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>

 

[Spirit]

Put a mirror in the intended position next to your present monitor
and your desires might be lessened.

"halo" <haloeffects@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184382172.084958.198370@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>A "PS" to the previous post: I was doing this in order to watch
> movies this way, specifically a cinerama movie (Yes, I get the
> irony). I am fairly adept in movie editing software, so I imagine
> this is how I will solve the problem (by creating a movie file that is
> configured the way I explained above). I was just wondering if I
> could continue using the computer in this fasion too. Wanted to have
> my cake and eat it too!
>