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From: mlawless@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mike Lawless)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.terminals,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Flat screen LCD "Monitors"
Message-ID: <4789@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM>
Date: 17 Feb 89 14:58:18 GMT
References: <369@focsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: mlawless@ncrwic.UUCP (Mike Lawless)
Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, Kansas
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In article <369@focsys.UUCP> larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) writes:
>You know those cute little flat screen displays that are built into the
>lap top computers? Are there any "monitors" available on the market that
>are built from these? Ideally, they would either plug into an existing
>IBM-PC's monochrome display adapter or have some special interface that
>would look like a monchrome adapter

I don't know about a monitor in the sense of something that sits on a desk
for one person to look at, but there is an LCD device, which interfaces to
a standard CGA adapter (I think; might be Hercules, but I am not sure), and
can be placed on a standard overhead projector in order to project a live
PC display on a large screen (which is a lot cheaper that using a projection
TV as a monitor, which I have also seen, which does allow full color
projection).  As a monitor replacement, I don't think they are very desirable,
because power consumption is not a concern, viewing angle is limited, and
they respond to input change rather sluggishly.  Also, of course, they are
strictly monochrome.
-- 
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