11 Aug
2006
11 Aug
'06
10:53 a.m.
Some time back, I pulled apart a fairly trashed XT-class computer and one of
the things I got out of it was an LCD, most of it appearing to be fairly
standard stuff and I don't think that I'm going to have a lot of trouble with
that but then there's that other connector...
Two pins, and both wires are the same color.
It's been suggested to me that perhaps this is for an EL backlight. Any of
you folks know of how I might go about testing that, so I can get some idea
of what's actually in there?
Anybody by any chance know of this display?
Oh, and if it helps any the brand name on the box was "Western Digital",
which is the only time I've ever seen that brand name on a computer.
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11 Aug
11 Aug
11:35 a.m.
Western Digital is a major manufacturer of hard drives.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy J. Tellason [mailto:rtellason at verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:53 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: LCD question
Some time back, I pulled apart a fairly trashed XT-class computer and one
of the things I got out of it was an LCD, most of it appearing to be fairly
standard stuff and I don't think that I'm going to have a lot of trouble
with that but then there's that other connector...
Two pins, and both wires are the same color.
It's been suggested to me that perhaps this is for an EL backlight. Any of
you folks know of how I might go about testing that, so I can get some idea
of what's actually in there?
Anybody by any chance know of this display?
Oh, and if it helps any the brand name on the box was "Western Digital",
which is the only time I've ever seen that brand name on a computer.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest
-- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but
can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies.
--James M Dakin
12:19 p.m.
On Friday 11 August 2006 02:35 pm, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Western Digital is a major manufacturer of hard
drives.
I knew that, I have several of them on hand here. And that's the *only*
computer I've ever seen that had that name on it. And it was
semi-proprietary in terms of the way it was built, no way was I gonna bother
with messing with it...
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy J. Tellason [mailto:rtellason at verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:53 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: LCD question
Some time back, I pulled apart a fairly trashed XT-class computer and one
of the things I got out of it was an LCD, most of it appearing to be
fairly standard stuff and I don't think that I'm going to have a lot of
trouble with that but then there's that other connector...
Two pins, and both wires are the same color.
It's been suggested to me that perhaps this is for an EL backlight. Any of
you folks know of how I might go about testing that, so I can get some
idea of what's actually in there?
Anybody by any chance know of this display?
Oh, and if it helps any the brand name on the box was "Western Digital",
which is the only time I've ever seen that brand name on a computer.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest
-- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but
can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies.
--James M Dakin
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
12:41 p.m.
Ah ... that's a relief, LOL I thought you were saying you'd never heard of
WD!
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy J. Tellason [mailto:rtellason at verizon.net]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 3:19 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: LCD question
On Friday 11 August 2006 02:35 pm, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Western Digital is a major manufacturer of hard
drives.
I knew that, I have several of them on hand here. And that's the *only*
computer I've ever seen that had that name on it. And it was
semi-proprietary in terms of the way it was built, no way was I gonna
bother with messing with it...
11:58 a.m.
On 8/11/2006 at 1:53 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Oh, and if it helps any the brand name on the box was
"Western Digital",
which is the only time I've ever seen that brand
name on a computer.
I don't know if this is germane to your box, but WD did purchase Faraday, a
maker of, among other things, motherboards for PCs. Long ago, I used their
"A Tease" 286 mobo--and still have the schematics for it.
Cheers,
Chuck
12:19 p.m.
On Friday 11 August 2006 02:58 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/11/2006 at 1:53 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
And does that schematic show an LCD anywhere? I'm not sure what they used it
for offhand. I can probably make the display work with something, but if
it's indeed backlit that'd be a nice capability to use...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Oh, and if it helps any the brand name on the box
was "Western Digital",
which is the only time I've ever seen that brand name on a computer.
I don't know if this is germane to your box, but WD did purchase Faraday, a
maker of, among other things, motherboards for PCs. Long ago, I used their
"A Tease" 286 mobo--and still have the schematics for it.
1:25 p.m.
On 8/11/2006 at 3:19 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
And does that schematic show an LCD anywhere? I'm
not sure what they used
it for offhand. I can probably make the display work with something, but
if
it's indeed backlit that'd be a nice capability
to use...
Nope, but I'm just trying to tie into the WDC brand. My product
directories don't turn up anything from around 1985 in the way of an XT
with the WDC logo (there was an XT with the "Western Computer" name,
however). WDC was into a lot of things back then.
Cheers,
Chuck
5:28 p.m.
On Friday 11 August 2006 04:25 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/11/2006 at 3:19 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
It's been so long since I got rid of that thing I couldn't even swear that it
was an XT, though it sure wasn't that far from it...
I just pulled it out again -- the two red wires in question go directly to
pads that go right into the back of the display. There's also a part number
with "EPSON" on the sticker, and a google search did turn up somebody
wanting data on this unit (but no followups unfortunately). And that goes
back to 1999. :-)
Looks to be about a 2x16 or 2x20 maybe, with the usual Hitachi controller
chip on there. Of the few LCDs I have on hand here, the other two are
somewhat bigger, this is the only one I have that'll fit into the cover
plate on a drive bay, which suggests some possible applications.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
And does that schematic show an LCD anywhere?
I'm not sure what they used
it for offhand. I can probably make the display work with something, but
if
it's indeed backlit that'd be a nice
capability to use...
Nope, but I'm just trying to tie into the WDC brand. My product
directories don't turn up anything from around 1985 in the way of an XT
with the WDC logo (there was an XT with the "Western Computer" name,
however). WDC was into a lot of things back then.
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