Re: Using a PSOne LCD with an Apple IIc

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

On Feb 26, 7:08 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> magnusfalkirk wrote:
>
> The PSOne LCD has a very high quality display, but the problem
> is the overscan "protection" of Apple II video, which only uses
> 40 microseconds of the 63-microsecond horizontal period to display
> information.  The border area is wasted, and with it, valuable LCD
> real estate.
>
> If fine detail and exact borders are not critical, then this LCD
> produces very colorful and sharp graphics displays from Apple video.
>
> Its picture quality is substantially better than most portable LCD
> TVs that I've seen.

This display is also often used by Ben Heckendorn for his video
game console modifications.

He's truly ingenious in making new cases, but his new site sucks.
http://benheck.com/

For the newer consoles with higher resolutions he apparently needs
better displays, though. For his so-called "Wii-Laptop" he uses a
7" wide-screen LCD:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-1/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/

He got the display from here:

http://www.aeicomp.com/search_result.asp?MANUFACTURER=LCD%20Modules&CATEGORY=LCD%20Monitors

I don't know any of them so don't sue me! ;-)

bye
Marcus