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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re How to hook up multiple monitors to IBM-PC??
Message-ID: <216@omen.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 18:05:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: omen.216
Posted: Mon Aug 12 18:05:44 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 13:43:08 EDT
References: <115@ecsvax.UUCP> <176@ecsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: caf@.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Organization: Omen Technology, Portland
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Summary: 

In article <176@ecsvax.UUCP> uevans@ecsvax.UUCP (Elizabeth A. Evans) writes:
>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.
>
If the monitors have a loop thru video input, you can connect the monitors
in "series", looping thru each, and terminating only at the end.
This is a standard practice in the broadcast industry, and will give
excellent results if the cable matches the impedance of the terminator
(usually 75 ohms).
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