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kerm@mcnc.org (Cary E. Burnette) writes:

> I am trying to set up a message center in the lobby of my building. I
>would like to find some hardware and software that would allow me to use
>a PC connected to a TV or RGB monitor to produce a continuous slide show
>of messages.

	An inexpensive idea would be to use an old CGA card that has a
composite (RCA video jack) output.  You won't have all the flexibility
of lots of colors and high resolution that you might get with a new
and expensive system, but it might suit your needs.  Software is easy
to write since CGA is a normal PC graphics standard, but I don't
happen to know of a particular program for your purpose.
	Right now my only color monitor is my television and I drive
it with an old CGA card someone sold me second hand for $10.  Usually
I prefer to use my sharper monochrome monitor since a TV is really
hard to cram hundreds of characters on at a time and still be able to
read them.  In fact, if you don't care about color at all and people
will be near enough to read small text, you might look into getting a
Herculese monochrome card and monitor if you want to fit lots of
characters on the screen. 

				-Mark Gray
				 vatavian@cc.gatech.edu