Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!uevans From: uevans@ecsvax.UUCP (Elizabeth A. Evans) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Re How to hook up multiple monitors to IBM-PC?? Message-ID: <176@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 22:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.176 Posted: Wed Aug 7 22:28:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 06:40:15 EDT References: <115@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: North Carolina Educational Computing Service Lines: 31 > > We are looking for a method to tie one IBM-PC to a number of > color television sets or monitors for instructional use. Does > anyone know of a device to allow multiple TV's or monitors to run > off of an IBM PC ? It must be software compatible with the IBM > color/graphics card. > > Gerry Santoro > Penn State University I'll try this posting, again. The first one was eaten by our host's new postnews version! I have had fair success with hooking up 4 monitors to an IBM PC color/graphics card using simple and inexpensive cabling from out local Radio Shack store. I have 3 RCA Y-plugs. One plugs into the RCA plug on the c/g card, and the other two plug into the two plugs on that one. In addition, I have two extra-long cables (also from Radio Shack) that allow two of the monitors to be set up to 12 feet away from the PC. If all the monitors needed to be that distance, more long cables could be used. How does this work? It's OK. I often have some distortion on the displays, but it's livable. Total cost was about $25.00. Not fancy, but it works. -- Elizabeth A. Evans Dept of Psychiatry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill