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Adding an LCD Status Screen to a PC

Posted by timothy on from the you-have-10,203,180-new-messages dept.

blankmange writes: "The Screensavers is running an interesting hack - add an LCD screen to your PC for just information. "The real estate on your screen is precious, and with your PC's vital stats, Winamp info, game stats, stock tickers, news tickers, sports scores, and more, it's easy to run out of space. How about adding a liquid crystal display (LCD) that can show this type of information?" Seems pretty straight-forward ... " Yes, but can you make one as as pretty as this one?

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  1. Umm, come on /. by psylence · · Score: 0, Insightful

    LCD + Serial Cable + Power = This.

    This is pretty weak when something the ScreenSavers is doing is /. worthy. All ScreenSavers do is watch the current trend in computer, wait 6 months, then claim it's new.

  2. Re:Handheld in a cradle version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    http://palmorb.sourceforge.net/