Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread rhkramer 
On Sunday, May 07, 2017 08:54:26 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, May 07, 2017 08:49:13 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > ATM, I don't plan to try googling for them, but, having said that, after
> > I send this, I just might do that, as my curiosity is re-aroused.  If I
> > come across something, soon or further in the future, I'll try to post
> > it here.
> 
> Oh, try googling and/or searching ebay for ["video projector"
> cellphone]--you will get plenty of links to explore.

Oh, two things:

   * on ebay, I found a lot of things that I'll call "passive" projectors, 
which apparently consist of a cardboard box with a lens on the front (and 
maybe one or more mirrors)--designed to have a cellphone placed in the unit 
and then the image projected through the lens.  I would expect the image to be 
pretty dim.

   * here's a "non-passive" one that seems to have lots of inputs, can use 12 
VDC, etc.  (I've copied the specifications, below, and note that I picked this 
one randomly from ebay--it was one of the ones near the top of the search 
results):

60'' Multimedia Projector Home Cinema Theater HDMI VGA TV USB For PC Cellphone

http://www.ebay.com/itm/60-Multimedia-Projector-Home-Cinema-Theater-HDMI-VGA-
TV-USB-For-PC-Cellphone-/201423728262

I guess the fact that the native resolution is 640x480 but it can support 
1920x1080 means that the image is "interpolated" (right word?) down to 
640x480.  I suspect most of them work this way, but there may be exceptions.


Projection Technology   LCD
Native Resolution   VGA (640x480)
Supported Resolution1080P (1920x1080)
Input Voltage(V)100-240V，12V, 2000mA
Brightness(Lumens)  500
Brightness Range100 to 999 Lumens
Aspect Ratio4:3 and 16:9
Contrast Ratio  400:1
OSD Languages   Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, German, 
French, English
Projection Screen Size (inch)   20-60 Inch
Projection Distance (m) 1.25-4M
Video Formats   3GP, MP4, H.264, MPEG, VOB, MOV, AVI
Audio Formats   ACC/ACC+, WAV, WMA, MP3
Picture Formats JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, JPEG
Connectors  HDMI Input, SD Card Slot, USB, VGA Port, 3-in-1 AV In
Speakers Included   Yes, built-in

Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread rhkramer 
On Sunday, May 07, 2017 08:49:13 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> ATM, I don't plan to try googling for them, but, having said that, after I
> send this, I just might do that, as my curiosity is re-aroused.  If I come
> across something, soon or further in the future, I'll try to post it here.

Oh, try googling and/or searching ebay for ["video projector" cellphone]--you 
will get plenty of links to explore.

Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread rhkramer 


On Sunday, May 07, 2017 06:23:00 AM GiaThnYgeia wrote:
> That is great news
> I am now wondering instead of 7-10" screens if there is a tiny battery
> powered projector out there that you can use with it, as my tired old
> eyes find even my 21" tiring :)

Well, I've never had one, but I have seen small portable projectors advertised 
at what seemed to be ridiculously low prices (and fairly low lumens)--I don't 
really remember lumens or prices, but I'm guessing that, because I thought 
they were ridiculously low they might have been around $50 or less and 400 
lumens or less (and maybe 640x480 or less).

At the time(s), I didn't pay any attention to whether they were battery 
operated or not, but a typical advertised "use case" was to take to a customer 
site to show a video to one or a small group of (potential) customers.

ATM, I don't plan to try googling for them, but, having said that, after I 
send this, I just might do that, as my curiosity is re-aroused.  If I come 
across something, soon or further in the future, I'll try to post it here.

Re: Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-07 Thread GiaThnYgeia 
That is great news
I am now wondering instead of 7-10" screens if there is a tiny battery
powered projector out there that you can use with it, as my tired old
eyes find even my 21" tiring :)

Now debian can add udoo to their architecture list from 9 onwards.

2 thumbs up

Larry Dighera:
> I gave up on Jessie, and installed Stretch as you and others in the 
> debian-users mailing list advised. 
> 
> Installing Debian Stretch (testing) from this link: 
> 
>  on the Udoo X86 required placing the rtl8168g-2.fw driver in the root 
> directory of the USB ISO installation medium to support the Edimax Nano 
> 150Mbps Wireless 802.11b/g/n USB Adapter. 
> The driver was downloaded from this page:
>  https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/firmware-nonfree
>   
> http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_20161130.orig.tar.xz
> 
> The specific 'rtl8168g-2.fw' driver required was extracted from the 
> compressed tar archive with 7-Zip.
> 
> Stretch runs great! 
> 

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Console fonts SOLVED :-)

2017-05-06 Thread Larry Dighera 
I gave up on Jessie, and installed Stretch as you and others in the 
debian-users mailing list advised. 

Installing Debian Stretch (testing) from this link: 

 on the Udoo X86 required placing the rtl8168g-2.fw driver in the root 
directory of the USB ISO installation medium to support the Edimax Nano 150Mbps 
Wireless 802.11b/g/n USB Adapter. 
The driver was downloaded from this page:
 https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/firmware-nonfree
  
http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_20161130.orig.tar.xz

The specific 'rtl8168g-2.fw' driver required was extracted from the compressed 
tar archive with 7-Zip.

Stretch runs great!