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Hoagie_one:
there is a thread somewhere about that project.  some have had some good sucess with it

SeaMonkey:
I know I had the idea a while back, but got shot down just because how much it would cost to have a custom marquee sized LCD screen.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,28977.msg242346.html#msg242346

Silver:
Well I don't about the marquee idea - in terms of size - although the LCD as a controls info on a CP has been done by a few (including me).

The thread you want is here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,17856.0.html

I've used the same LCD as in the thread (24x8, sadly not backlit which I would recommend). It uses an RS232 connection so you can run it off your serial port.

I worte a small VB project which will generate txt files using your rom dir, the controls.dat project and mames listinfo.xml.  It displays game title, game controls, and will scroll the game title if too long, remove the clone info etc.... You can get it here:

http://www.silverfoxy.plus.com/LCDGen.html

Another plus is that MinWah kindly shoved in some code in his FE to copy out a txt file to the com port at your specified settings (see the mamewah faq or ini) so it works easily with MameWah.

At the moment it uses codes (for fonts/scrolling etc) that work with a PJRC interace, but you can insert your own codes if you have a different LCD.

I was contacted a while ago by a guy using a BetaBrite which I think he wanted to use as an FE. Looking at the codes for that it would be easy to use to send a game title to that as a marquee - we agreed to test it out but he did not get back to me after a while. This is all text only though. On the above thread someone also wrote a program for a GBA to display controls and grphics pic... looked good, but not sure he ever released the program....

Hoagie_one:
you could use a full sized lcd monitor and just hide the bottom portion of it so a marquee sizd portion shows only.

versapak:
"you could use a full sized lcd monitor and just hide the bottom portion of it so a marquee sizd portion shows only."



Yep, and then it could easily display anything. You could just set up a dual screen setup on your PC.



So many great ideas out there. I may never finish my first cab, but it has many great successors already in mind. lol   :)



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