Hi Adam, There is also the USB-to-VGA support that we develop at OLPC-france that can be useful :
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adding_USB_SVGA This can allow the direct connexion of XO to VideoProjector. And the great VideoProjector project/website AllInBox : http://www.allinbox.com/ where you can find many video-projector refeences/hacks. Xavier. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > WavePlace and other Haiti Education efforts keep asking me the same thing, > in NYC and elsewhere--who can answer: > How can in-classroom (and out-of-classroom?!) cheap portable overhead > projectors be rigged to XOs -- by hook or by crook -- and what > models/arrangements are best? > > Aside from this wonderful home-made prototype, that unfortunately overheats, > what's achievable? > http://blog.laptop.org/2008/11/16/hardware-hacking-first-pass-at-an-xo-projector/ > > Is the following (control/display your XO-computer from a non-XO PC or Mac > or Linux box) the most viable approach? > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_display > > Could hacking an on-board VGA port realistic for XO-1's (to an external VGA > monitor or projector) be made into something more than a gimmick -- with > broad(er) classroom potential? > Even if presumably impossible with upcoming XO-1.5 laptops? > > What software approaches & preferred Sugar Activities make kids/teachers > project presentations shine? EG. check out Walter Bender's presentation > here using TurtleArt: > http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaquec_sugar-presentation-for-open-edge-20 > > Appeal for Past Experiences/Promising Approaches: > Please reply to the olpc-ha...@laptop.org mailing list, digging deeper than > the above mostly-2008 pages wherever we can expand "PowerPoint" (and > hopefully far superior) options for Haitian > classrooms/projects/teachers...THX > > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel