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From: "John Carmack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 11:40 PM
Subject: [ERPS] Armadillo march 15


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On looking inside, we found that the wireless transmitter's power cable wasn
't very secure, so it is conceivable that the computer didn't actually die,
and we just lost telemetry, but that doesn't fit with the fired parachute
releases.  I want to find a small VGA screen we can put on the vehicle to
let us sort those cases out, but the smallest analog VGA LCD screen I have
found is 10" so far.
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Philips makes a 6.4" vga lcd designed for embedding, though finding someone
to buy it from was slightly more difficult to find out.  Here are a couple
of resellers:

http://www.stealthcomputer.com/monitors_flat-OEM.htm

http://www.usmicroproducts.com/prod_tft_displays.htm#Philips

A better option might be to go with one of the many small consumer LCDs at
http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=41 .  They are
reasonably high-res, but only take composite input, so you'd need a graphics
card that can drive a tv or some other form of converter.  Amusing article
at
http://www.mikhailtech.com/modules.php?name=Articles&rop=showcontent&id=22 .


Finally, assuming the network is still up, the easiest thing to do might be
to just use VNC to connect to the display remotely.  We use this all the
time at work, works great on linux or windows, and makes managing remote
machines a gazillion times easier.  http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

Joel

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