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Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: halx on May 18, 2004, 01:51:14 am

Hi all,

I wonder how to use the Zaurus (I own the C860) as a presentation device.  Software seems to be available (Sharp ships it with \"Presentation\", is there other software out there?) .  But how do I connect it to a projector?

Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: amrein on May 18, 2004, 03:34:28 am

With a VGA CF card.
This card has an external VGA connector for your monitor/video projector.

Have a look here: http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/sl-acc.html (http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/sl-acc.html)

Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: yzord on May 18, 2004, 11:46:08 am

It\'s too bad the Margi (http://www.margi.com) CF VGA-out cards dont work with the Z. Anyone ever contact Margi about supporting the Z (or hacking up some drivers)?
It\'s a lot cheaper and much easier to pick up than the IOData one.

Yz

Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: amrein on May 18, 2004, 05:16:00 pm

Have they got Linux driver? Apparently not. I couldn\'t find any on their site. Very bad! They don\'t support us. You should contact them and complain about this.

As soon as they will release a driver for Linux, you will be able to port it to Z. If they release all hardware specifications, you will still need to find  people wanting to code the driver (mainly Linux guys owning the video card too).
If this company send me the card and the hardware documentation, I will be happy to do it myself. And I\'m sure that I won\'t be the only one ready to help.

Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: yzord on May 18, 2004, 06:07:39 pm

I\'ve sent them off a support request for Linux support. We\'ll see what they reply with. I\'d urge anyone else who\'s interested to do the same. It DOES work!

Yz

Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: lede1 on May 20, 2004, 05:12:39 am

Hi yzord,

just did the same. Have you received an answer yet?

/Levent

Title: Zaurus as presentation device
Post by: lede1 on May 21, 2004, 04:45:55 am

Hi folks!

This is the answer I got from MARGI:

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We are not compatible with that model. At this time we do not plan to have a Linux version of Presenter-to-Go

Please visit the following link for other products that are compatible with Presenter-to-Go
http://www.margi.com/support/sup_ptg_comp.htm (http://www.margi.com/support/sup_ptg_comp.htm)

The same old story all over again....

/Levent