[vcf-midatlantic] TV update -- possibly fixes

[william degnan]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 6:49 PM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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>> Yes, the computer would see a shared directory on the pi. Pi would link
>> over Wi-Fi.
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>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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>> > The microcontrollers would be fully autonomous and would have their
>> >> content updated from a single computer on a periodic basis.
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>> > How would the computer connect to them? Would it see them as network
>> > devices?
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> 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.
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> anything you can do with linux you can do with one of these, the TV
> becomes the computer display.
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were' talking about a computer that could possibly weigh less than the HDMI
cable!