Well it looked like a good idea. I currently have a 17 inch flat panel monitor attached to it. Its a 8 year old Samsung and it works very well so I'll stick with that.
Thanks for the replies Gary Fiber K8IZ On 12/12/2011 12:58 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Monday, December 12, 2011 03:55:01 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > >> On 12/12/2011 1:13 PM, Gary Fiber wrote: >>> Has anyone used a USB powered and driven video display with EMC2? I >>> see that Bestbuy has a nice sized AOC available for under $140.00 It >>> would be lighter than a normal VGA display. >>> >>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/AOC+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Widescreen+Flat-Pane >>> l+LED+Portable+USB+Monitor/3698548.p?id=1218428680308&skuId=3698548&st >>> =AOC monitor&cp=1&lp=9 >>> >>> Gary Fiber K8IZ >>> GROL PG-19-6691 with Shipboard Radar Endorsement >>> Washington State Resident >> Gary: >> >> I'd look to Ubuntu/Linux forums to see if anyone has tried one of these. >> >> The Best Buy site claims this display is compatible with PCs and Macs. >> There must be a driver that's "close" if it works with Macs, but that >> doesn't guarantee anything regarding Linux. Maybe there's more on the >> AOC site but I'm off to an appointment and don't have time to look. >> >> Without a proper driver it's just a lighter ship anchor. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Regards, >> Kent >> > And, with usb's penchant for playing with the real time stuff by locking > out the IRQ's for extended periods of time. I would have to be really > really desperate to even consider such a device. > > For the new bees here, stick a usb memory key into a port on the machine > that runs emc, and watch emc stumble& upchuck all over itself. It is not > pretty. > > Cheers, Gene -- Gary Fiber K8IZ GROL PG-19-6691 with Shipboard Radar Endorsement Washington State Resident ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
