Some fantastic information in this thread - thanks guys.
Right now I'm just looking for a simple appliance that I can recommend
to teachers. This would invariably be purchased on their own budget
and set up by them, so it needs to be relatively affordable and simple
to set up. Our schools are in
Just heard some discussion about two Mesh network projects... there may be
some relevant stuff:
http://villagetelco.org/mesh-potato/
and
http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/08/31/support-brings-network-less-mobiles-closer-to-reality/
With the Sugar environment, do all laptops
Maxim Zakharov wrote:
Hi,
There is paps utility which reads UTF-8 encoded file and produces a
PostScript file: http://paps.sourceforge.net/
It's available as Ubuntu package.
Well done Maxim, that looks very promising.
Cheers,
Erik
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2011/11/3 Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.au:
Just heard some discussion about two Mesh network projects... there may be
some relevant stuff:
http://villagetelco.org/mesh-potato/
and
Is distance/coverage an issue - access beyond classroom/school?
Have you checked out the D-Link range?
Marghanita
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
2011/11/3 Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.au:
snip
With the Sugar environment, do all laptops connect to the access point or is
it a mesh where
No, I don't think range is much of a problem. XOs are pretty good at
picking up wi-fi signals (dual external make a big difference).
The main problem is capacity of the network. School wi-fi networks are
typically not well-geared for every child actively using the
connection at the same time.
My
On 03/11/2011, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
I have a DVico Fusion HD DVB-t vid card which has an s-video input.
I am currently attempting to record a VHS tape ( not copy protected) from my
VCR via the s-video in of the Dvico card and audio via the AUX sound input on
the
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
No, I don't think range is much of a problem. XOs are pretty good at
picking up wi-fi signals (dual external make a big difference).
The main problem is capacity of the network. School wi-fi networks are
typically not well-geared for every child actively using the
Had tried VLC/Mplayer etc but all gave only BW - no colour. - TVTime
was only player of svideo or composite input that had both sound and colour.
Finally solved with VLC - after much much Googling and trial and error.
Hereunder are my notes re what was needed to fix both colour and sound
in
