T61 with Docking Station: can it handle two 21" external Monitors?

Hi
I would like to know if somebody knows if the T61 laptop grafic card can handle two 21" monitors attached at the docking station. Our internal IT guys are confirming two 19" are fine, but they do not know about two 21".
thanks
GC

If I remember correctly, you have the Intel-graphics-chip, and the docking/chip-combo does not support the dual-monitor setup via both VGA + DVI. You should be able to get image on the laptop-screen and the DVI output, I think?
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