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Where to get 24x8 serial lcd's with controllers?
Circo:
That is where I got my 4x40 display. I think I paid $35 for the display and serial backpack on ebay. Then I bought the wiring harness and install kit directly from seetron.
Unfortunately Mamewah uses .lcd files for the output to the lcd and those you have to make from scratch. For mame I referenced the controls.ini file and made individual .lcd files for each game. For the consoles it was easier as I made a generic controls layout based on the individual system and all I had to do was change the game name in each file. I used textpad to edit the files because it supported the ascii codes that control the lcd display.
dblume:
--- Quote from: jhanson on July 18, 2006, 12:07:37 pm ---I got my 24x8 LCDs on eBay. There's a guy who usually puts them up for about $25 with the board and everything.
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Yeah there's nothing like that up on ebay currently. Hopefully soon one will pop up.
loadman:
--- Quote --- I did just order a parallel display from another site as I have been bouncing around the idea of switching to Mala. If I do I will probably put my display which is complete up for sale.
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Could you just rip off the serial backpack of your current LCD to use with MaLa?
Circo:
I don't think so, even without the backpack it's still considered a serial lcd on the website.
roger:
--- Quote from: dblume on July 17, 2006, 03:18:26 pm ---I was wondering if anyone knew where to find a 24x8 serial lcd
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Check out these websites for displays:
http://www.crystalfontz.com
http://www.seetron.com
http://www.betabrite.com/
http://www.pjrc.com/
http://www.pro-lite.com/
http://www.siliconcraft.net/
http://www.antratek.com/Matrix-Orbital.html
http://www.sparkfun.com/