Re: Multiple Screens, One Computer

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"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.