? Dave Cohen wrote:
> Rick S. Newton wrote: > > > Doing a Power Point presentation on the computer is something I have > > discussed several times with Dave for his quaterly slide shows. > > So with my trusty laptop and a video display device,? I should be able to > > put on a decent show.? I guess we could use one of those computer video > to > > T.V. converters, but Dave claims his T.V. doesn't work, so..... > > But it's a nice looking piece of furniture.... I keep my dust on it now > when I'm not using it elsewhere in the house.?? One of these days I am > going to get a 30 inch (at least) display monitor, and we will do just > that.? I saw some in the Gateway 2000 catalog, for example, but the screen > res isn't up to the sizes I like yet.? Give it another six months.? And > another couple of thousand dollars. All these experiments are fun to contemplate (I guess) but they divert funds and time away from what I value most: railroading and photography.? I'm all for tradition.? I have an older second Leica projector with bright light and a dead sharp lens, a carriage system that keeps each slide in perfect alignment, regardless of mount, a high quality screen, and Kodachrome.? I have less than 500 bucks in the whole thing and quality is superb and the technology simple.? I talk at shows and could even hum a little something.? Why do we keep trying to make things harder and more complicated.? Each new "bright idea" raises everybody's expectations and then next year the technology has "improved" and you reinvent the wheel all over again.? Jeez, I wish somebody hadn't already taken the name "Grumpy". ;-) Mike Gardner -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message ? 1998 SPORRS? - All Rights Reserved
