Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 08:51:43 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
To: jmccawle AT cs DOT uno DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, jmccawle AT jazz DOT ucc DOT uno DOT edu
Subject: Re: *The* monochrome monitor??


>         Hello, I have a quick (stupid) question.  In the faq 'mono' is one
> of the go32 parameters.  It says something like redirect to *the* monochrome 
> monitor.  I have seen a couple of posts on this sub also refer to (the) 
> monochrome monitor when debugging graphics programs.  Now is this monochrome 
> monitor a separate monitor hooked up to display text while the other one is 
> in a graphics mode (cool!), or is it some kind of wacky jargon thing which 
> should be obvious to me and how dare I ask such a stupid question ;)

It is a second video card and monitor, effectively putting your PC
into Zaphod Beeblebrox mode (two heads).  Yes, you can run gdb on the
mono card and graphics on the color card, using the mshell10.zip file
on my ftp site.

>         If there is a way to hook up an extra monochrome monitor for 
> debugging graphics applications, could someone point me to the 'How
> to hook your PC up to an extra monochrome monitor' FAQ? (heh).

Purchase a "monochrome" or "MDA" or "Hercules Mono" video card, and a
matching monitor.  They're hard to find, but Computer Shopper still
has them.  Plug in the card, attach the monitor.