Re: Multiple Screens, One Computer

["Starwolf" <Not Today Eh?>]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mark Thomas" <mrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>Bill Kearney wrote:
>>> It might be possible to cobble up something using Linux but it'll take
>>> waaaaay too long to get all the x-windows and usb driver foolishness
>>> sorted out.
>>> [...]
>>> But trying to use more than one touchscreen display on just one PC
>>> really won't work well enough.  Trust me, I've tried.
>>
>>Ah, but have you seen Rad I/O? (http://www.redradio.com/) That
>>eliminates the problem.
>>
>>They have a board that takes a single screen and splits the signal up
>>into pieces that runs over Cat5 to multiple touchscreens.
>>
>>You could simply run a browser in kiosk mode, split it into multiple
>><iframe> sections and voila. Multiple, independent screens that can do
>>anything a web page, applet, or flash object can do. At CEDIA they
>>demoed eight screens each running a video.
>>
>>-- Mark.
>
> Someone should tell them the definition of "quadrant".
>
> I think the $350 Nokia 770 sounds like a better deal in terms of cost,
> size,
> flexibility, etc.

I've been watching this area as well.
http://www.ncoretech.com/mobilis/pdf/mobilisbrochure.pdf (~$200) and
www.pepper.com (~$800)are also interesting products.