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My serial LCD for displaying directions
mr.Curmudgeon:
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Ugh!
I'm sure he's benefited from someone else's time, as he's using MAME. The least he could do is 'get around' to sharing the details of this hack with the community. A lot of people are looking to add this feature to their cab. My fingers are crossed...
ChadTower:
As I'm working on my cab, I'm seriously considering adding this. When I do you can be sure I'll share the details as I don't see his having done anything that hard here.
Silver:
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Can you send roms to your GBA via the USB link?
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Trimoor:
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use an LCD that takes composite video?
A GBA costs $70-80, while you can get a 5" video display for ~$50.
It would be cheaper, have a bigger screen, a backlight (unlike GBA original), and be infinitely easier to drive.
Something like those portable playstation LCDs would work nicely.
Silver:
I imagine most people considering this already have a GBA so the cost is negligible.
Also - how would you connect a second screen up? You would either need a 2nd graphics card or a dualport - and in my experience that has a detrimental effect on performance, and restricts resolutions. I could be wrong though.....
GBA's (USB probably) and LCD's (serial port) have the advantage of not messing with te gfx output of the pc....