$35 LAN Party...

[Scott Elcomb]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Kevin Cozens <kevin-4dS5u2o1hCn3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.

I'd love to get in on some Pi LAN gaming, but free-time is as elusive
as ever. :-(

That said, I'm hoping to grab one of these
<https://www.adafruit.com/products/1033> as a dedicated Pi display.

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