is this possible?

cyclopopcicle · 9 Apr 2008 at 22:04

i have a laptop and a PDA both have usb connections, normal on the laptop and mini on the PDA
can i connect the 2 so that i can use my PDA screen to display what is shown on the laptop screen?
this may seem like a strange question, but its for use in the car, as the laptop is in the back recording from a webcam, but when looking at what has been recorded i have to lean round and get it, but would like to view without doing this?

cheers

Sasso · 9 Apr 2008 at 22:15

humm well it definitly would be plug and play i can tell ya that

have ya tried to google it to see if theres any software for this sorta stuff? tbh i dont really think its possible..... unless you bought say a sony psone screen and did the mod to it so you can plug it into your laptops vga out put.... i saw it in the mod scetion of this forum where someone took the screen from a psone and soldered the display cables to their graphics cards pics so the had a small display on the case

hope that helps a bit

sid · 9 Apr 2008 at 23:16

cyclopopcicle said:
i have a laptop and a PDA both have usb connections, normal on the laptop and mini on the PDA
can i connect the 2 so that i can use my PDA screen to display what is shown on the laptop screen?
this may seem like a strange question, but its for use in the car, as the laptop is in the back recording from a webcam, but when looking at what has been recorded i have to lean round and get it, but would like to view without doing this?

cheers

I think it might be possible using remote desktop actually.

hmm....

Sasso · 10 Apr 2008 at 00:42

ahh yea thats a possibility... woudl have though u would need xp on ya pda tho to do that :S ofcourse i could be wayy off

InvaderGIR · 10 Apr 2008 at 18:52

Sasso said:
ahh yea thats a possibility... woudl have though u would need xp on ya pda tho to do that :S ofcourse i could be wayy off

You can get a RDC app for Windows Mobile 6 PDAs...but I've forgotten where I saw it.

I have LogMeIn installed on my headless machine at uni, and can use my HTC Touch to control it, I log in via the LMI site, which installed a LMI app which enables me to have full control over my PC, is very handy.

InvG