[PD-ot] Hacking a laptop screen out

[Peter P.]

* Miller Puckette <msp at ucsd.edu> [2012-12-18 03:07]:
> 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.
which computer are you using again? It has at least one PCI(e) slot, right?
best, P

> 
> 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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