$35 LAN Party...

[Kevin Cozens]

On 13-02-02 07:46 PM, Molly Tournquist wrote:
> But, to be very blunt, the core hassles are lugging in a monitor and
> keyboard for each player, but more importantly the monitors are also
> the majority of the component cost and also the most fragile.

Lugging around a monitor and keyboard is the same hassle one would have 
with any LAN party. The main difference being is that a Pi is a much 
easier to deal with than lugging around a computer in a tower case.

Using a monitor from a car backup camera system, and a mini wireless 
keyboard with built-in mouse pad means an entire computer system can fit 
in a small back or backpack. I have seen these monitors avaialable in 
3.5", 4.3", and 7". The caveat is that the resolution is very low. About 
480x234 on all of them (even on the 7"). You wouldn't want to be reading 
a lot of text on a screen that small but it would be ok for some 
graphics based programs.
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