12 Jun
1998
12 Jun
'98
3:16 p.m.
> An LCD would be ideal but alas none are available
> (low cost) that have more than the basic LCD drivers. The DELL laptop
> LCD I have is typical of the MONO 640x480 displays and the "video" input
> is not like a crt in timing or signals. For example the display is
> really two 640x240 running in parallel with seperate video for each.
I have one of those. I thought about a simple Amiga adapter, since I can
program the Amiga's Copper to squeeze out whateve video lines I choose,
but that is an imperfect solution.
> Hand built logic to do that costs enough in power
and design time to
> make it unappealing or no better than a good mono crt unless I resort
> to Gals/FPGAs (design effort and cost prohibitive for a one up).
That's why my LCD panel sits in the box. :-(
There are (were?) a few vendors that made very nice
single chip solutions
for converting base VGA into something an LCD could use.
Hitachi?
Ooh! Does anyone have a relevant Hitachi data book?
-ethan