and if you ever get the chance to buy monopoly tycoon get it, you can crash it and you'll get this error, no joke!
Our new official repo is on github
LCD Smartie version 5.6 is released!
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LCD Smartie version 5.6 is released!
Download it now: https://github.com/LCD-Smartie/LCDSmartie/releases
could someone help a brother out?
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digital_loop
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could someone help a brother out?
I got this screen from a friend of mine, it's from a super old laptop... we're talking old here. I know that the laptop it came from was a dos only system... even if I can't use lcd smartie, which I'm pretty sure I can't at the moment, I was hoping that maybe it had everything I would need to connect it as a secondary stats monitor or something...
and if you ever get the chance to buy monopoly tycoon get it, you can crash it and you'll get this error, no joke!
and if you ever get the chance to buy monopoly tycoon get it, you can crash it and you'll get this error, no joke!
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caesar
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Hi!
If the display still works (beeing from an old laptop AND after you took the glass apart from it as it looks in the pics - there is a chance that you won't be able to realign the contacts between the glass and PCB) there is a possibility to program a microcontroller to do the communication between smartie and the display if you find the datasheets for the lcd's controller.
This means that you know how to program microcontrollers though...
I would start by searching datasheets for the display's controller - seems that it's made by OKI - Okidata.
As far as the programming goes you're pretty much on your own!
Good luck!
Caesar
Have a look here:
http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/viewtopic.php?t=841
It's just to get an idea cause it uses a different display controller.
If the display still works (beeing from an old laptop AND after you took the glass apart from it as it looks in the pics - there is a chance that you won't be able to realign the contacts between the glass and PCB) there is a possibility to program a microcontroller to do the communication between smartie and the display if you find the datasheets for the lcd's controller.
This means that you know how to program microcontrollers though...
I would start by searching datasheets for the display's controller - seems that it's made by OKI - Okidata.
As far as the programming goes you're pretty much on your own!
Good luck!
Caesar
Have a look here:
http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/viewtopic.php?t=841
It's just to get an idea cause it uses a different display controller.
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digital_loop
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well, that's a start I suppose. I know some basic motorolla coding and a few other languages from days in college and hacking the dss satellites... so at least I have a place to start from. the pins are still lined up nicely, I put it all back together and gave it a quick test to check.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get me started on doing a project like this... I know that it would be easier to spend the 20-40 bucks on a pre-fab, but where's the sense of accomplishment?
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get me started on doing a project like this... I know that it would be easier to spend the 20-40 bucks on a pre-fab, but where's the sense of accomplishment?