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[Sound_Doctor]

Just wanted to pass this along as I know I found it interesting:

http://palmorb.sourceforge.net/

It allows you to use any old palm device, running palmOS 2.0 or better as a inexpensive LCD Display.

Ive tried it here at the office emulating a matrix orbital display, and it works great, and it also works with any other LCD driving software such as LCD Smartie.

I'm going to give it a shot this weekend hopefully to see if it works with the Tie in from Gameex.

It seems actually a better option than adding a dedicated lcd display, as you get a LCD, and a touchscreen all in one.

[edit] added features list:

Features:
Free - published under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Supports PalmOS 2.0 and above.
Fairly complete emulation of a Matrix Orbital LK204-25 LCD (with a 4x20 display).
25 Keys (sent to host). Graffiti also supported.
Color support.
Serial (RS232) support - fully configurable.
(experimental) USB support. A LCD Smartie 5.3+ build is required for USB support on Windows.
BlueTooth (Serial Port Profile), and InfraRed (IrCOMM) support.
Visual display of 6 General Propose Outputs (GPOs).
Visual display of 8 Custom defined characters.
Full built-in help.
Very configurable.
Backlight support.
Palm's Auto switch-off disabled as long as data is received, and battery level isn't too low.
Great for debugging software that drives Matrix Orbital displays!


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I just wanted to post a quick followup:
(grabbed some excess hardware lying around the office, only had access to the legal roms)
aaarrgghh. can't post the images for some reason. Find them attached (maybe I can?)

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The last one is the way I'm going to mount one in my cab, backlite on, inversed image, so it glows, in a opening just large enough for the active area of the screen.

With the availiable plugins for smartie, so many options, so little time....

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