From: Dan Gentry <dang@seanet.com>
Reply-To: gmecm@diy-efi.org
To: gmecm@diy-efi.org
Subject: Re: Heads up display
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 09:47:51 -0700
Kelly -
No no no! All help is good help!
I've actually got a 4" LCD panel that I'm considering using for the
display,
but it's primarily for video and not computer controlled.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Dan
Kelly Parker wrote:
> This will probably be no help at all to you but......
> I made a video projector once out of a pocket tv (with an active matrix
> display) Take it apart, lay it on an overhead projector, voila.
> When it's not on it looks like tinted glass. The other(non active
matrix) tv
> won't work for a video projector but you can see through the display
when
> they are powered on or off. It's not a great picture but it might be an
> idea.
> The displays can be had very cheaply. I got mine at a pawn shop for
about 50
> bucks if I remember, it might be easier to adapt the circuitry in one of
> these than to start from scratch, on the other hand you might keep an
eye
> out for an XT laptop. You could probably find one for next to nothing$$.
>
> Probably no real help,
> Kelly
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