<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_24921">I've always had to connect my laptop via USB to a "stack" of connectors that are usually in place for us. But things change - before the "big upheaval" there was a plan to get HDMI feed through to the projector, don't know if that's been done. I've just pinged Rachael an email for the current situation and to have any necessary i/f in place for us for Sat.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_24922"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_24923">Simon<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20386"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20385"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20378" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20377"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20376"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20375"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20379" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20384" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Stuart Hertzog <stuart@stuzog.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> steeringgroup@vicpimakers.ca <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 5 February 2018, 11:30<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [VicPiMakers SG] SteeringGroup Digest, Vol 14, Issue 1<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20380"><br><div id="yiv2081802465"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20383"><div style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20382"><font style="font:13.0px Helvetica;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20381" face="Helvetica" size="4">Mark, that would work only if the QCollege iMac is on and connected to their network. Without support staff, there’s no guarantee of that. As for the HDMI-DVI converter, I have one of those and I think it’s bi-directional, but there is no DVI output on a Macbook — isn’t that right?</font></div>
<div style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20432"><font style="font:13.0px Helvetica;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_21814" face="Helvetica" size="4">My advice is to buy the dongle, it’s a useful thing to have if you have a Macbook and IMHO part of the the price of having a Macbook.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20512"><font style="font:13.0px Helvetica;" face="Helvetica" size="4">Stuart</font></div>
<br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2081802465bloop_sign" id="yiv2081802465bloop_sign_1517858780519126016"><br clear="none"></div> <br clear="none"><div class="yiv2081802465yqt8712300164" id="yiv2081802465yqt63401"><div class="yiv2081802465airmail_on">On February 5, 2018 at 11:24:44 AM, Mark G. (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:vpm_sg@palaceofretention.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:vpm_sg@palaceofretention.ca">vpm_sg@palaceofretention.ca</a>) wrote:</div> <blockquote class="yiv2081802465clean_bq" type="cite" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20438"><span></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20437"><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1517859941232_20436">Well, I can always just use the Q-college connected system
<br clear="none">and retrieve the presentation from either the Vicpimakers
<br clear="none">website, or my own.
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<br clear="none">I found an HDMI to DVI convertor, but don't know if that is
<br clear="none">helpful here.
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<br clear="none">Thanks everyone!
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<br clear="none">On 2018-02-05 11:10 AM, Stuart Hertzog wrote:
<br clear="none">> Sounds like we need a USB-C to VGA adapter to connect Mark’s Macbook to
<br clear="none">> the VGA cable. I don’t have one of these. To go direct HDMI we’d need a
<br clear="none">> long HDMI cable (> 10-ft?) plus the ability to change the output port on
<br clear="none">> the overhead projector, which (maybe) means having the remote for it.
<br clear="none">>
<br clear="none">> The USB-C to VGA adapter is more straightforward, IMHO.
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<br clear="none">> Stuart
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<br clear="none">> On February 5, 2018 at 11:02:22 AM, Craig Miller (cvmiller@gmail.com
<br clear="none">> <mailto:cvmiller@gmail.com>) wrote:
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<br clear="none">>> Hi Stuart, et all,
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> On the back of the computer in the front of the room (I think it is a
<br clear="none">>> Mac), there is a white adapter from Mac-something to VGA. Then there
<br clear="none">>> is a blue headed black VGA cable which connects to the projector.
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> Typically, we disconnect the black (blue-headed) VGA cable from the
<br clear="none">>> white adapter, and plug our own adapters (as needed) into the VGA cable.
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> There is a HDMI interface on the projector, And I believe Deid has
<br clear="none">>> hooked his Chromecast to that port, and casted to it.
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<br clear="none">>> I hope this helps,
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<br clear="none">>> aloha,
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<br clear="none">>> Craig...
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> --
<br clear="none">>> IPv6 is the future!
<br clear="none">>> http://ipv6-net.blogspot.ca/
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Stuart Hertzog <stuart@stuzog.com
<br clear="none">>> <mailto:stuart@stuzog.com>> wrote:
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> It would really help to know which ports and cable end we are
<br clear="none">>> looking at: on the Macbook,and on the QCollege overhead cable.
<br clear="none">>> Details, please! I have a Mini Display port to VGA adapter that
<br clear="none">>> may work. I’ll bring it.
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<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>> Stuart
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<br clear="none">>> On February 5, 2018 at 10:38:55 AM, Craig Miller
<br clear="none">>> (cvmiller@gmail.com <mailto:cvmiller@gmail.com>) wrote:
<br clear="none">>>
<br clear="none">>>> Sorry Mark,
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> I usually loan the speaker my adapter. Unfortunately, that
<br clear="none">>>> adapter is in Hawaii (with me). Andrew R. has an adapter, but he
<br clear="none">>>> couldn't get it working with his Linux laptop at the last meeting.
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> Craig...
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> --
<br clear="none">>>> IPv6 is the future!
<br clear="none">>>> http://ipv6-net.blogspot.ca/
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Mark G.
<br clear="none">>>> <vpm_sg@palaceofretention.ca
<br clear="none">>>> <mailto:vpm_sg@palaceofretention.ca>> wrote:
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> Hmm, I already have the HDMI ends. I might need an HDMI to
<br clear="none">>>> VGA or DVI, depending on the projector. Thanks, though.
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> On 2018-02-05 10:14 AM, Heidi Bada wrote:
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> I have an adapter for my 1-year-old MacBook Air that goes
<br clear="none">>>> from
<br clear="none">>>> thunderbolt or something, to the HDMI connector on
<br clear="none">>>> televisions.
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>>
<br clear="none">>>> _______________________________________________
<br clear="none">>>> SteeringGroup mailing list
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<br clear="none">>>> http://vicpimakers.ca/mailman/listinfo/steeringgroup_vicpimakers.ca
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