15 Aug
2006
15 Aug
'06
2:07 a.m.
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 05:25:43PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Monday 14 August 2006 05:03 pm, Brad Parker wrote:
Please don't take this discussion off list, I'm sure there are plenty of
us on this list with an old 486 laptop collection that needs to be
"used".
I myself had 9x 486 laptops (picked up for about R400=$60), and would
love to find a real use for the remaining 4...
Ciao,
Jonathan.
"Robert Feldman" wrote:
ah, beg to differ.
I've used a few. You have to know something about lcd panels and you
need an lcd panel controller which matches the 'style' of lcd, but it
can be done and it's not hard.
most vga style tft panels are pretty close in spec and can be driven off
3.3v or 5v ttl.
I started the thread with a question about the backlighting (?) connector on a
small LCD unit, probably a 2x16 or 2x20 or similar that I pulled out of some
old computer, but this is of some interest to me as well. I have, in
storage, a couple or three old 486 laptops, and wouldn't mind at all
getting some use out of that hardware. One screen is very obviously trashed
but that still leaves two more to play with and three sets of electronics to
try and salvage any more part out of. So if there's something that can be
done with those I'd sure like to hear about it.
If this is too OT for here, we can take it to my list at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roys-tech-chat/ From:
"Barry Watzman" <Watzman at neo.rr.com>
Subject: Re: LCD question
<snip>
>The chances of being able to successfully use an LCD panel from a laptop
>for any other purpose are near zero.