don't you need a dedicated graphics card to run a laptop display ?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Jims Parambus Account <<a href="mailto:jimsturs@parambus.com">jimsturs@parambus.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The screen was obtained by taking a Compaq LTE5300 notebook and<br>
removing everything from the case. Then discarding the keyboard<br>
and using the rest of the system re-organised behing the MIP and<br>
connected to the rest of the system via the 10/100 ethernet port.<br>
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Ended up turning the screen back to nornmal orientation and losing<br>
the proper positioning of the MIP layout because of the width of<br>
the screens.<br>
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The display was a 10.4 inch diagonal standard 4:3 ratio with<br>
800x600 resolution. Certainly this would have been before normal<br>
TFT monitors became available.<br>
<br>
Jim.<br>
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Sent: 08 May 2008 19:03<br>
To: Simulator Cockpit tech list<br>
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Warning about using "older" LCD Displays<br>
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> Just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that early LCD<br>
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> displays had reasonably good viewing angles in the horizontal<br>
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> direction but were very restricted in the vertical direction. This<br>
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Great info Jim! Was the panel you tried a "standard" TFT or was it the<br>
style they used before TFT became common?<br>
<br>
g.<br>
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