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Posted by ~~~AllisonWonderland~~~ on 09/26/86 11:38
Richard Crowley:
> Sorry, this is where you need someone with first-hand
> working experience with the RT2500. I'll confess that
> this kind of thing is what got it the reputation for being
> "fiddly" and made dilettantes like me give up on it. I
> really don't see what this has to do with 1394 unless
> Matrox is somehow using 1394 internally for control
> of the various hardware functions. Bizzare, IMHO.
James C. Allison:
Hey Richard, it's another beautiful day. :)
I agree with the above. The saving grace of this is that I can get by
without all the MatroxVideoTools stuff, but it would be NICE to have them
working.
RC:
> Can we assume that you used a motherboard which
> was on Matrox's approved list?
JCA:
Yes it is. And some day I'll tell you the story of my FIRST attempt at
putting together a DTV system. It was strange as could be... It'll make you
laugh. No, HONEST! :)
RC:
> This is the kind of
> product that is VERY particular about its surroundings
> and will do weird things if it finds anything it doesn't
> like. ("finicky" as well as "fiddly")
JCA:
I found that out with my first attempt... Dual 1 gig CPUs and the
motherboard didn't have i845 RAM chips... And although it was on the
"MatroxApprovedList", it was impossible to make work (wouldn't load the
software). So I did an about face, and got this Tyan Trinity i845 board, and
it has worked fine except for the problems that you have been helping me
with.
RC:
> Newer generations
> of Matrox RT reputedly learned from these things and
> are better at playing with others, but lots of us moved
> on, having been burned once and twice shy.
JCA:
I don't blame you one bit. AND I will say that if I ever put together
another system, it will not include Matrox.
RC:
> Have you tried any of the Matrox-specific forums, etc?
> There must be some die-hard users left even at this late
> date.
JCA:
I tried to find an active forum, but they are all but dead, though I did
take your suggestion about looking into the
<alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox> and it seems to moderately active. I'm
going to be posting something there shortly.
RC:
> Or you could ask this specific question in the
> rec.video.desktop newsgroup with a more suitable
> subject line (to let RT2500 people know what kind of
> question it is). Lots of people skim the various subject
> lines and automatically skip over the ones like this.
JCA:
GREAT suggestion.
RC:
> (Hint: ALL CAPS is considered shouting and really
> annoys many people.)
JCA:
Twas not my intention to be annoying... I'll watch that in the future.
RC:
> Note that if you are going to ask the same question in
> more than one specifically-related newsgroups, it is
> better to cross-post the same message rather than post
> identical messages in several different newsgroups.
JCA:
I knew this, BUT when I tried it, for some reason it didn't work. That was
the reason I asked the same question in several groups without cross
posting.
RC:
> Oh, I would certainly NOT give up on the dual-monitor
> setup. It is very valuable for video editing where you
> have a lot of stuff on the desktop to keep track of. It is
> worth putting up with whatever annoyances to have all
> that extra space. The "full screen" thing with WMP is
> only a curiosity. No video stands up to the scrutiny of
> being displayed full-screen on a computer monitor, and
> I don't find that feature of much practical use.
JCA:
Well, the image in WMP was alright, other than it was only the left half of
the image. The center of the image was at the extreme right side of the left
monitor, and the right half of the image didn't show up at all on the right
monitor. Besides, it was a complete accident that I even found that WMP
would come up at all. I just "happened" when I double clicked an .avi file
in my clip folder.
I have spent some of my morning installing an upper shelf in the
Sound/MusicStudio on which I have put the PC speakers, clearing space on the
shelf that they were on for a single drive audio cassette deck, a dual drive
audio cassette deck, and a stand alone CD player (all left over from my
pre-computer studio days).
The Sound/MusicStudio is slowly evolving as is the wont of such places.
Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to respond. And I hope you have a
wonderful day.
Regards
Allison
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