[PD-ot] Screens (was Re: Hacking a laptop screen out)

[Ed Kelly]

That looks interesting, but it doesn't work with Linux yet.
There does seem to be one that does though, and I like the fact that it's just 13.3 inch:
http://fooninja.net/2012/09/01/onlap-portable-screen-for-linux/


Ed

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>Some at work produced a portable second screen out of his bag last week. Something I'd not seen before.
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>I think it may have been this one:  http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/accessories/lenovo-thinkvision-lt1421.aspx  It might be a little more pricey than using an old laptop screen but a lot easier.
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>On 18 Dec 2012, at 22:54, Ed Kelly wrote:
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>Ouch!
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>>That pretty much looks like building your own graphics card adaptor board! I think I'll look at alternative options. The screen is the only bit that usually comes in a clunky, wonky and not-so-cuboid form, and doesn't fit in a backpack (my large ITX PC _just_ fits into a camping rucksack, with a keyboard and mouse).
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>>Perhaps the netbook idea is a winner. I wanted some real-estate, but perhaps I should be looking at better ways of controlling things rather than having lots of GUI.
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>>Ed
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>>----- Original Message -----
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>>From: Maciej Ostaszewski <maciej.ostaszewski at gmail.com>
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>>On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Ed Kelly <morph_2016 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Greetings off-topic people
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>>Does anyone have any experience of turning a laptop LCD screen into a 
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>>normal screen?
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>>As far as i know it is not cheap and easy:
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>>http://hackaday.com/2011/09/09/putting-laptop-lcds-to-use-with-an-fpga/
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>>http://hackaday.com/2012/10/25/laptop-lcd-resurrection-gets-some-clean-packaging/
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