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Re: lcd screen in a GameBoy

 From: Charles J Knight <>
>> Has any one ever thought of using the LCD screen out of a game boy...
>
>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.

Ditto.

There are several free development packages for the gameboy.  There are
also a few groups that have ripped them apart and folded them in half
so that they're about as deep as the case is (the bare boards) but is
only the size of the screen.  These folks were wearing them as
(admittedly large) animated buttons on their chest.

I don't have my iswc notes with me, so I can't point you to their web
pages.

   - Kevin

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