[dundee] Advice re "powerpoint" digital projectors

[Andrew Clayton]

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 22:13, Fionnbar Lenihan wrote:
> I've been asked to do a presentation in a week or so.  The projector
> (connects to a laptop and displays a powerpoint show) will be supplied
> by I'm using my own laptop.   This has, in the past, been used fine for
> this purpose.  However that was in the days when it had a windows
> partition.
> 
> Now when I need windows I run win4lin so have an entirely Mandrake
> system.  The slides are in OO.org format so that's no problem.
> 
> My impression is that a projector is a purely hardware device which
> needs no driver support on the PC end.  In other words it should be just
> as happy getting a VGA feed from a linux box as a Win machine.  
> 
> Is that right?  I would hate to find otherwise on the day!
> 

Yeah.. I think so, though I've never actually used such a thing.


> Thanks in advance
> 
> Fionnbar Lenihan
> Perth
> 


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Andrew