Re: Apple II VGA Video Generator Card Project

[bieling@terra.es]

Also, this sort of card is similar to a LCD driver card I'm interested
in.  Instead of generating VGA, you take the existing video memory and
>use an LCD controller (I'm talking about raw LCD panels, not vga/ntsc
>input) and fill its memory directly.  LCD controllers are memory mapped
>so they take care of displaying what's in there.  The main problem is
>finding a surplus panel that's reasonably priced, is color, and also
>handles the resolution.  You can find 320x240 and 640x480 panels that
>are cheap but the docs are almost nonexistent or you have to drive them
>directly without a premade controller (there appear to be a few popular
>ones so making a card for one of these would support a whole class on
>lcd panels).  Once one of these works, an apple II laptop (a REAL one)
>would be much easier...

You can make a "laptop" with a VGA LCD + Apple IIc+.

ALL THE SIGNALS OF THIS DESIGN ARE AVAILABLE AT THE 6502 SOCKET
THIS MEANS :
THIS DESIGN WILL WORK ON THE Apple IIc/IIc+ TOO !!

All you need is a different form-factor for the vga card.