Re: TiBook Dual Display
On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > What are the issues preventing a Dual Head X configuration on a TiBook
> > > (1st generation, i.e., Rage128 Mobility).
> >
> > Mainly that, from what I understand, the 2-heads-off-one-CRTC model that
> > dual-head with notebooks using the Rage Mobility family chips use is
> > mostly undocumented. I can only imagine that trying to get one CRTC (draw
> > engine) to do the drawing for 2 heads is a serious bit of magic. (I think
>
> There's only one CRTC? The LT Pro has two, and in that case it looks
> pretty straightforward (set both to a different offset in VRAM, and
> program the modes individually).
While we think `CRT Controller' when hearing CRTC, he did wrote `CRTC (draw
engine)' and thus meant the 2D accel engine.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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