Pete,
I WOULD hold onto the card......hope is not lost.
My old partner Rob Howard, from our PFD days, has HIS Parhelia card working across 3 monitors in 3D mode.....and here is how he did it........
I am sharing his message to me of LATE last night....he also has 3 pictures included, PROVING IT, but darned if I can find the upload file area......
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Mel,
Try these things in order…. this is exactly what I did:
Install the card.
Remove all old Matrox drivers.
Install the new (Sept 17?) drivers.
Install the Direct X 8.1 found on the installation disk.
During installation select:
· Three monitors.
· Windows desktop stretch across all three.
· Maximize applications across all three.
Set desktop to 3072 x 768 and ensure Windows has stretched across all three. Make sure that all three monitors appear to be running at the SAME resolution… If not, reset which ever one is wrong (i.e. ‘autosize’ option from the ViewSonic screen) back to 1024 x 768.
Start FS 2002 and make sure it fills ALL three monitors when maximized (if not reselect the above options from ‘4’).
Hit the ALT key and select the Options >> Display. You should see 1920 x 480… select this. (The only time I did not see it was when one of the TFTs was not running in 1024 x 768 mode).
Hit ALT + Enter…. WOW!!!
Once again I think there is something significant in terms of getting the Windows desktop and screen resolutions correct BEFORE FS will recognize the special modes.
If that doesn’t work… go have a cigarette & a beer!
Regards,
Rob.
>Hi Mel,
>
>> See if this URL works......
>>
>> http://www.flypfc.com/new%20products/graphics%20generator.html
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>> PFC is showing a new computer system with the Parhelia and they claim
>> views across three full monitors and a picture to prove it.
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>Ah .. right. Thanks I'll try it.
>
>I don't understand how that review on www.simhq.com got it
>working at 800x600. I'd prefer 1024x768 of course, but if
>800x600 gave me 3 screens worth I'd go for it in the
>interim.
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>It's also odd that I cannot even try 640x480 on all three
>-- the Settings simply doesn't list it at all!
>
>> If the above URL doesn't work...just go to the front page of AVSIM for
>> the story and a different link.
>>
>> This is why I havent' given up hope. Grin.
>
>So I should hold onto it and not get them to refund my
>money, you think?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Pete
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