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Dual Monitors and DOS problem

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by jr0410

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Our employer has Win98SE installed on our PCs with a Nvidia Geforce 2MX 400 TwinView Plus video card. I need to be able to view a DOS database on one monitor and a Windows program on the other at the same time. However, if I attempt to view the DOS database in full screen mode rather than a window, the other monitor goes to "black". If I exit out of the DOS program, the other monitor's display returns to view! I need to view the DOS program in full screen rather than in a window. Otherwise, I loose some functionality. EVGA, who makes the TwinView card, doesn't seem to have an answer to my dilemma. Is the problem one of hardware, OS, or DOS? I'm stuck with the DOS program for a couple of reasons beyond my control.

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by johnny51

Well unfortunatly I don't think that is going to happen. A real DOS full image on your montior uses a completely different video mode than does any video mode that windows uses. Since one monitor's image is in "computer reality" just a continuation of that one image onto the next monitor's screen(like a long 1600x600 image cut in half), It's either windows video mode or the DOS video mode at any one time...one or the other.

How about getting another (cheapy) PC to sit along side the other one, use a KVM switch to share one KB/mouse and network the drives. This way you can have your one monitor with windows and one that shows your DOS screen. Any info can be transferred from drive to drive through the network and it still only takes one Keyboard and mouse to operate...voila`

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