use laptop screen on a pc??

Well I found this forum on google but I thought you guys might be interested in a few things I have been finding.

1. To frank with the tiny tiny lcd screen. A guy called Drew made this http://bigasterisk.com/toilet/PythonToilet2.html it is has an lcd which scrolls news headlines etc. Drew made a custom module and then ran the lcd with python. I thought this might be able to help you with your mp3 jukebox project.

2. For other people wanting ways to convert laptop screens for computers I have found a couple of things, which gives me hope.

I have an old Compaq LTE Elite 4/75. Doing a quick server on google got me this http://mobilix.org/compaq_lte475cx_en.html which lists the video card in the computer. Google than brought me to the mother lode check this pdf out http://www.cdynamics.com/support/man...it/Wdfpmc2.pdf . It seems to contail everything anyone could want to know about the board in the laptop I have.

I am still not sure who makes the screen as yet however this page http://www.woe.onlinehome.de/e_lcddata.htm and this page http://www.rtdusa.com/appnote/108_lcd.htm

This gives me some hope that these things can be converted with a little elbow work.

Tom

(edit) I found this http://wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp?countrycode=1000&prodid=11|LTE+Elite&source=194061-001.xml&dt=13&docid=8814 which goes into some depth about the laptop I am pulling to pieces. It also points out which components are which and talk to some degree about how they work.

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