Two more SVGA questions

[k6dgw]

1.  Is the monitor dedicated only to the SVGA adapter, or can I
partition it and put one or more N1MM windows on it too?  I suspect it
is dedicated with no connection to the radio laptop, but just to be sure...

2.  I have a spare monitor with a 3-row DB-15 connector [standard
monitor video cable].  Its aspect ratio is 1:1.  Will it work with the
P3 SVGA adapter?  All the photos I've seen seem to have 16:9 monitors.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Fred,

Question 1 is easy because you already guessed the answer.

Question 2, not so easy.
The available display resolutions for the P3 SVGA adapter can be seen in the SVGA manual.

On a general note, a modern LCD monitor will be able to serve double (or triple) duty because they all seem to come with multiple inputs these days. If your PC has 2 or more video outputs you can set up the secondary monitor to run on its DVI or HDMI input from your PC. Then you can push a button (or toggle a menu function) on the secondary monitor to either display the P3 SVGA input or the DVI or HDMI input from the PC. That's what many of us do. But you would not use it for N1MM or some other critical application as you would need that full time on your primary monitor. You might put your VE7CC cluster program on the monitor shared with the P3.

73,
Mike K2MK

k6dgw wrote

1.  Is the monitor dedicated only to the SVGA adapter, or can I
partition it and put one or more N1MM windows on it too?  I suspect it
is dedicated with no connection to the radio laptop, but just to be sure...

2.  I have a spare monitor with a 3-row DB-15 connector [standard
monitor video cable].  Its aspect ratio is 1:1.  Will it work with the
P3 SVGA adapter?  All the photos I've seen seem to have 16:9 monitors.

73,

Fred K6DGW