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Dual monitors and Widefs

Postby stevewilson » Mon Nov 08, 2004 6:47 pm

I'm using dual monitors and have a problem when I move the ATC window over to the second monitor. The problem is that I lose the spoken text. I still hear what ATC says and what I say but no text. It works fine if I leave it on the main screen.

Can any one help me with this?

Secondly, WideFS, I am thinking that this will allow me to run FS9 on two computers but only installed on one. Is this correct? If so how do I set it up and use it?
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Re: Dual monitors and Widefs

Postby Oliver » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:41 am

Hi Steve,

look at: http://www.flightsim.no/cockpit/forum/viewforum.php?f=3

Maybe you can find there some answers. ;)


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Re: Dual monitors and Widefs

Postby JBaymore » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:50 am

Stevewilson,

Hi.

On the second question..........

WideFS (which requires FSUIPC also to work) simply sets up what a computer THINKS is a version of FS2002/4 running on the machine.
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Re: Dual monitors and Widefs

Postby stevewilson » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:29 pm

Thanks guys,

John you explained it nicely, I had the wrong program in mind as to what I wanted to do.

Oliver, I went to the link and really started to drowl.

What I was hoping to be able to do was to set up so a friend and I could sit here and fly together like you do in multiplayer but only in the same room. Sounds like that isn't going to happen.

Thanks again.
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Re: Dual monitors and Widefs

Postby JBaymore » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:27 pm

Stevewilson,

Oh... that's pretty simple.

You need to set up two machines on a LAN.   Not hard to do at all.  Wired ethernet cards can be had for about $10 each new.  If your friend is a neighbor.... you might even be able to do a wireless LAN....and the two machines can hook together is the signal reaches between houses.

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