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Re: M1 First Sights

From: Doug Sutherland <>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:21:57 -0800

Don Papp wrote:

> The M1 tech briefs at www.tekgear.ca have the answer.
> You can feed it with 9-15V (I believe)

Excellent. This range covers all three of my normal 
power sources: 10.8v batteries, 12v AC/DC adapter, 
and 14v auto cigarette lighter socket. 

> or you can supply it with +5V directly by opening it up.

Even better. I think I will remove the pcb from the 
enclosure and re-package it into a new case along 
with my power regulator, microcontroller circuitry,
and GPS receiver. This will be about the same size
as the CPU module, and I can position the modules 
on opposite sides of my body. 

> Details on the tekgear site.

I'm smiling at the fact that I am from Winnipeg 
where tekgear is located. It's kinda cool that I 
am here in silicon valley using technology from
good ole winterpeg, the land of snow and ice.
I can picture the frost beginning to form on 
the M1s up there right about now. hee hee.

> SVGATextmode should do it.  Lots of modelines 
> on Greg's site as well as tekgear

This is great information, and this list is 
awesome. Thanks everyone. 

> I have not yet been able to get Xwindows working on 
> the crappy pc104 vga board I got, but I am still trying.

I'm surprised. What VGA board is that? And BTW what 
main board are you using without graphics chip? I am
able to look at x-windows with the M1 already,  but 
it  looks pretty fuzzy using the normal settings ...   

>> - Has anyone ripped apart the eyepeice
>    But of course!
>    http://aeinnovations.com/projects/m1-hmd/

Don, I knew you were a hacker, but I didn't know you 
had done this work with the M1. I'm impressed. Will
be looking at your work very carefully before I 
slice and dice my M1 :)

> I have since updated the design and have some new 
> pics to put up sometime. If you'd like to make your 
> own version, let me know and I can share some of 
> the things I learned which may make things easier.

I am definitely going to rip apart the M1 and do 
some experiments. I was planning to rip apart the 
$2500 MicroDisplay kit originally. I think I will 
follow in the footsteps of you and Cliff, and use 
the M1 and a PLM-A35 as "training wheels" in  
preparation for hacking an expensive 800x600 
field sequential color HMD. The cost of errors 
will be a lot less painful. And the odds of me 
getting the final result will be much better. 

Thanks,
Doug

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