[PD-ot] Hacking a laptop screen out

[Miller Puckette]

My newest solution is to get a $180 netbook to supply screen, keyboard, and
mouse; use an ethernet cable and ssh over to the box.

One wants some sort of backup in case the box doesn't boot, such as an extra
system disk :)

cheers
Miller

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 08:58:35PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Hey Ed,
> 
> As fun as it sounds, my guess is that its not feasible since the interface
> between the graphics chip and the LCD might be proprietary.  SVGA is the
> interface between the graphics chip and the outside world.  LCD screens are
> cheap, and they come in all sorts of sizes.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On 12/17/2012 06:55 PM, Ed Kelly wrote:
> > Greetings off-topic people
> > 
> > Does anyone have any experience of turning a laptop LCD screen into a normal screen?
> > So, I bought a mini-ITX PC in the summer, to cure my laptop overheating woes (and give me a whole lot more juice).
> > 
> > The laptop in question has undergone a thoroughly new level of destruction through teaching, and now there are holes everywhere.
> > 
> > I wonder, do any of you guys have any experience in ripping a laptop screen out and using it as a SVGA monitor, or any other interface type for graphics? My new PC has various sockets and a full graphics card (it's not as small as Miller's, but still small enough to gig, unlike my screens)
> > 
> > Ed
> >  
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