> Hi, I'm verry new to wearable computers. I don't even have one. But I
> hope to get the funds soon to build my own. Now I have a question
> for all of you. Has any one ever thought of using the LCD screen out
> of a game boy, the little hand held game systems produced by
> nintendo? the dimentions of the screen are 1-3/4" x 2". and the new
> color gameboys have a colored lcd screen. My gameboy will run for
> quite along time on 2 AA batteries so I asume the power drain is
> negligble. It may be hard as hell to hack the screen to display
> video input but.....
As I understand it, the GameBoy is based on the Z80, which means
it has a general purpose processor. There is an RS232 serial hack
for it, as well as a terminal emulator. The GameBoy has been well
hacked...do a web search and you'll come up with a LOT of information
about it and its hardware, and a LOT of homebrewed software as well.
Shouldn't be too hard to hook it up as a serial text display -- graphics
would be the next logical step, and since it's designed as a graphical
display system...shouldn't be too bad.
-- Chuck Knight
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