Re: [NTLK] Color LCD

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 10:39:47 EST

On 01/04/02 09:24, "Humphreys, David" <david.humphreys_at_honeywell.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I wanted to let you all know of a remarkable breakthrough
> I have discovered.
>
> I was tinkering with spare LCD screen I have and I noticed
> that there are a number of option links on the flex board
> marked SW1,2,3 & 4.
>
> They are currently open. So I mounted a small 4 pole switch
> on them and discovered that they control the LCD resolution
> and color!!
>
> When I flipped all the switches on, the screen went blank for
> a moment and then reappeared @ 1280 x 960 !!!! in 16 colors!!!
>
> The switches must change the scan frequency and the color is
> due to the rapid switching of the LCD pixels. (Much like the
> experiment with a rapidly rotating black and white disk that
> appears to be colored)
>
> I will experiment further with this 4-pole, single throw (401 switch)
> and report back. ;)

Is this an April fool joke? If not, the icons and the text must be
incredibly small at 1280 x 960! But I would maybe like to have something
like 640 x 480!!!

-Laurent. 

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