Abstract: A method and apparatus to equalize the voltage across each light bulb in a low-voltage lighting system, commonly found in the yards of private homes and businesses. The present invention consists of a power compensation element that is inserted in-line with each light bulb connected to the bus lines that distribute current from a power source, such as an electrical transformer, to the light bulbs. The function of the power compensation element is to compensate for the voltage drop along the bus lines due primarily to the electrical resistance of the bus lines. Therefore, a compensation rating of the power compensation element may depend upon its location along the bus lines and the electrical resistivity of the bus lines, as well as the internal electrical resistance of the light bulbs. The preferred embodiment is an electrical resistive power compensation element where the rating of the element is its resistance value.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for connecting multiple monitors to a computer system. In an embodiment, N monitors are connected in a daisy-chain manner and constitute a virtual monitor, which the computer system considers as the only monitor in the system. The last monitor, e.g., the Nth monitor reports its display capability to the (N?1)th monitor, which aggregates its capability and the capability of the Nth monitor to the (N?2)th monitor. The (N?2)th monitor aggregates its capability and the capability of the (N?1)th and Nth monitor to the (N?3)th monitor, etc., until the first monitor in the chain aggregates the capability of all monitors in the chain, and reports this Total Capability of the virtual monitor to the computer system. When displaying information, the computer system provides the display information to the first monitor, which displays what it is responsible for, and passes on the rest of the information to the second monitor.