[vcf-midatlantic] TV update -- possibly fixes

[william degnan]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> Yes, the computer would see a shared directory on the pi. Pi would link
> over Wi-Fi.
>
> On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
> > The microcontrollers would be fully autonomous and would have their
> >> content updated from a single computer on a periodic basis.
> >>
> >
> > How would the computer connect to them? Would it see them as network
> > devices?
> >
>

basically you'd literally stick or tie in the back, with a short HDMI cable
plugged in from the CHIP to the HDMI port of the TV.  The computer desktop
or whatever you want (full-screen view of a movie, slide show, web page,
etc.) will display on the TV set.  You can control it from your desk, and
network two or as many as  you want and control all from any other
networked computer in  your subnet OR just give a subdomain so you can
control remotely, say you want to change what appears on the tv from home.

anything you can do with linux you can do with one of these, the TV becomes
the computer display.
b