My Reply follows quote. On 30/10/2002 07:15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Hello PB folks, > >I'm not sure where to start with this, but I'm sure that someone on this >list can point me in the right direction to get the information. > >My wife and I are interested in knowing if we can use our PB1400s to do >Powerpoint presentations with digital projectors that are now common in >board rooms, university rooms and so on. > >We've just purchased PowerPoint (an earlier version) and I've been >wondering what's needed in the hardware department to hook up to the >projectors? I assume that once we get the hardware to connect, the >PowerPoint will work fine (famous last words). > >Unfortunately, neither of us have video cards in these machines -- or is it >a serial type connector, or what??? I'm going to keep my eyes open to >actually get a look at one of the projectors -- I've never inspected one >close up (hence my absolute naivety on this). My concern is that they are >"only" USB or some such newfangled thing. But maybe there's a work-around. >Or maybe we're going to have to borrow the PC from my wife's work place -- >ugh, %#$&%@%@$#&%.... ------------- Hmm. I believe you are going to need some sort of video out port in order to use one of those projectors. S-Video or VGA seem to be "usual." The 1400 (at least mine) has no way to output video without an additional card.
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