On 04 Jan 2001 03:17:46 GMT, ms1125@aol.com (MS 1125) wrote:

>I am using premiere 5.1a on my 400MHZ Pentium 2 with 256MB RAM, DV300, two 18.2
>Gig ultra wide SCSI and Windows 98.
>
>I would like to know about Win98's ability to use two monitors. Can I split
>premiere between the two monitors? That is I would like to have the timeline
>window on one monitor and the monitor window on the other monitor.
>If this is possible, can someone reccomend a GOOD dual monitor card -
>Brand/Model/Price.

It works very well...
I use two sharp 17" monitors, set to 1152x864, and use
the preview window in single-view mode at 720x480,
full-motion with Raptor overlay. The timeline crosses
one monitor and part of the other, with plenty of room
for multi video and audio tracks. The other three windows
tuck neatly under the preview and timeline windows. I
don't know how Premiere can be used efficiently without
going to dual monitors, even if one is a 15" set for
800x600 for the preview window. I was (and am) using
two 8-meg ATI cards (one AGP, one PCI), with the
Windows drivers (I set the monitor refresh rates
different for the two monitors to prevent rolling dark
bands). I tried a Matrox G-400 dual-head card, but could
not get the Raptor hardware overlay to work with Win98,
though it worked very well under Win2k.