Flipping Display for Rear Projection

Hi, RSB. Many projectors have the mirror-image function you're looking for built into them, and whether to use it (for rear projection) or not (for front projection) is an option you select using the projector's own controls. Very convenient if you have your own projector; less so if you have to use other people's, and learn the controls for each one.

I think the question was WILL THE COMPUTERs MONITOR FLIP (or flop).... thanks

That may have been the question, Shawn, and if RSB still needs it answered, s/he will probably come back and say so. But since the image on the Powerbook's display may not even be the same one seen by the audience at a projected presentation, I presumed RSB's main concern was what the audience would see — and the orientation of that projected image is typically controlled by the projector, not the Powerbook.

no worries, I was just curious as well (for another reason). I would love to flip the monitor so I can mount my PowerBook (upside down) on the celing of my car and work from the back seat with my wireless keyboard and mouse... My wife and I do a lot of road trips... thanks

I'm not aware of any way to do that with the built-in display, but that certainly doesn't mean nobody has devised one. I assume that if anyone else here had known of a way to mirror the display left-to-right, they would have posted about it in reply to RSB's original post. If that can be done, then it seems very likely that the vertical inversion you're asking about could be done quite similarly.

I would be very concerned, though, about the constant vibration and occasional jolting (potholes, etc.) that a ceiling-mounted Powerbook's hard drive and hinges would have to endure in a moving car. I believe that might be a recipe for disaster. Using a PB on your lap in a car allows your body to absorb a lot of the vibration and bumps before they're transmitted to the PB. Attaching it rigidly to the car would eliminate that beneficial damping effect.