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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I have not seen the XO, but I think we should be rather
thinking about these new cheap netbooks for these other tasks and use the XO for
what it is designed. I am now evaluating a netbook I bought on Ebay for
$79 and another that is priced at $139 on Ebay. These types of machines
can be configured for Administrative use and to do these other
things.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>John Rigdon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=holt@laptop.org
href="mailto:holt@laptop.org">Adam Holt</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=support-gang@laptop.org
href="mailto:support-gang@laptop.org">Support Gangsters</A> ; <A
title=olpc-haiti@lists.laptop.org
href="mailto:olpc-haiti@lists.laptop.org">olpc-haiti@lists.laptop.org</A> ; <A
title=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP</A> ;
<A title=devel@lists.laptop.org href="mailto:devel@lists.laptop.org">Devel's in
the Details</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Olpc-Haiti] Need in Haiti: inexpensive portable projectors
forOLPC/XO classrooms</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>WavePlace and other Haiti Education efforts keep asking me the
same thing, in NYC and elsewhere--who can answer:<BR>How can in-classroom (and
out-of-classroom?!) cheap portable overhead projectors be rigged to XOs -- by
hook or by crook -- <I>and what models/arrangements are best?</I><BR><BR>Aside
from this wonderful home-made prototype, that unfortunately overheats, what's
achievable?<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://blog.laptop.org/2008/11/16/hardware-hacking-first-pass-at-an-xo-projector/">http://blog.laptop.org/2008/11/16/hardware-hacking-first-pass-at-an-xo-projector/</A><BR><BR>Is
the following (<I>control/display your XO-computer from a non-XO PC or Mac or
Linux box</I>) the most viable approach?<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_display">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Remote_display</A><BR><BR>Could
hacking an on-board VGA port realistic for XO-1's (<I>to an external VGA monitor
or projector</I>) be made into something more than a gimmick -- with broad(er)
classroom potential?<BR>Even if presumably impossible with upcoming XO-1.5
laptops?<BR><I></I><BR>What software approaches & preferred Sugar Activities
make kids/teachers project presentations shine? EG. check out Walter
Bender's presentation here using TurtleArt:<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaquec_sugar-presentation-for-open-edge-20">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaquec_sugar-presentation-for-open-edge-20</A><BR><BR><B>Appeal
for Past Experiences/Promising Approaches:</B><BR>Please reply to the <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:olpc-haiti@laptop.org">olpc-haiti@laptop.org</A> 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<BR>
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