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themamboman · 05 November 2015, 17:32

I was thinking about how to set up a dual monitor system under Amiga OS even if we had either a dual head card or 2 cards. I can imaging being able to set up a screen mode using Picasso96Mode and attach to two separate cards but I don't know how to get Amiga OS to display both, especially if two separate resolutions.

I may try putting the PCI gfx card from one Amithlon machine into the other one (that has an AGP card). Hopefully, BIOS settings won't get into the way.

Maybe I can figure it out and write up a guide.

I think Amithlon is the coolest thing I've ever played with in the Amiga world. I've started digging into the smallird.gz file and the ramdisk image used to launch things. I tried setting up a kernel dev system, but getting the version of gcc installed that Milanca used proved problematic and my time is limited. I'd love to see this program expanded.

This is by far the easiest and cheapest way to get a full PCI-enabled Amiga working. And it's general faster than using an 1200 or other Amiga with a PCI busboard.

05 November 2015, 17:32	#589
themamboman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Atlanta, USA Posts: 154	I was thinking about how to set up a dual monitor system under Amiga OS even if we had either a dual head card or 2 cards. I can imaging being able to set up a screen mode using Picasso96Mode and attach to two separate cards but I don't know how to get Amiga OS to display both, especially if two separate resolutions. I may try putting the PCI gfx card from one Amithlon machine into the other one (that has an AGP card). Hopefully, BIOS settings won't get into the way. Maybe I can figure it out and write up a guide. I think Amithlon is the coolest thing I've ever played with in the Amiga world. I've started digging into the smallird.gz file and the ramdisk image used to launch things. I tried setting up a kernel dev system, but getting the version of gcc installed that Milanca used proved problematic and my time is limited. I'd love to see this program expanded. This is by far the easiest and cheapest way to get a full PCI-enabled Amiga working. And it's general faster than using an 1200 or other Amiga with a PCI busboard.