Re: Cool Project !!
  By: Belly to Sam Alexander on Tue May 23 2006 07:00 pm

 >   Re: Cool Project !!
 >   By: Sam Alexander to All on Tue May 23 2006 11:28 am
 > 
 >  > external device like a small LCD display. And here's a small list of some
 >  > of the LCD's out there:
 > 
 > You can also check http://allelectronics.com or Electronic Goldmine (retarde
 > url: http://goldmine-elec-products.com)
 > 
 > They have lots of surplus stuff, cheap. The majority of the LCD displays use
 > the standard hitachi interfacing method, for which lots of driver support ca
 > be found.  I have a few 2x16 and 1x24 LCDs lying around that I pulled from
 > junk. Allelectronics has a 1x24 unit now for $1.85.
 > 
 > Of course, interfacing these to my BBS wouldn't do me much good, since it st
 > downstairs.
 > 

My BBS sits next to my PowerMac behind my desk, so having a smal LCD on my 
desk to give me heads-up might be fun:)  Also I'd really want something 
that simply hits the serial port so it's easier to program with, but if I 
do get into something like this I'll use whatever I can find.  It's just 
convencing the wife that spending the money is worth it since there's 
really no value to such a project other then geek points :)

Sam


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