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David, With the proliferation of Mac configurations I'm getting totally lost. I hope you can clarify one question for me. I just got an 8100/80AV for my developments at work, arrived today. I'm really confused by the video configurations which the machine will support. I know there are two video ports, but does that _really_ mean that every AV is fully configured for two separate monitors ? If so, why would Apple include all that video RAM for the second monitor when most customers wouldn't even realize it was there or use it ? It is an issue for me because I've gotten really used to my private fx with multiple monitors – a small color one for color applications and a couple of TPDs for serious work. At work I need a large monochrome or grayscale display for text documents and a color monitor to test-flight color vugraphs (selling research concepts is getting pretty difficult). So I decided to go for multiple monitors there too. I ordered the AV with a 16" Apple color display and a SuperMac 20" gray scale. I thought I'd need a separate card for the 20" so I ordered an 8/24 (24/8 ?) card. Now I've been told that the AV should be able to support the SuperMac on the AV's S-Video card and the 16" on the digital AV video port if I just get the right adaptor for the squarish digital connector. We have something like 4,000 Macs, so I'm sure I can find someone who can use the "extra" NuBus video card I may have ordered, but I don't want to spend another (possibly wasted) $60+ to buy the adaptor to find out. Can you give me the real run-down on ? BTW, I've used the same Mac II for the last seven years at work and I used to groan over how slow it was compared to my private fx, now the roles are going to be reversed 🙁 That 8100/80AV really flies !!! What a machine !! -Sven There are 2 Replies. Read action !