[WMCoolmon]

I recently got an LCD display screen from a Compaq Presario 1075. However, no laptop. Does anyone know a way to hook one up to a standard VGA port?

From this page it seems like the model number is LMJA53

I found some adaptors for other models on this site

[Setekh]

"Yes, hello? Compaq customer service? I think there are a few parts missing from my new laptop that just arrived..."

I haven't an idea other than the adaptors, but my question is how you came by this display in the first place.

[Nuke]

oh goodie! i have a nice laptop display in my busted laptop but i didnt know you could buy an adaptor kit. now if only it came with a screen enclosure.

[WMCoolmon]

Basically, there was someone in the neighborhood getting rid of a bunch of computer stuff. I found the screen, saw that it seemed to be reasonably new and in good condition, and figured it should be possible to jury-rig it into a secondary LCD screen.

It was free, anyway - I talked with him and it turns out he was just cleaning stuff out.

Nuke: I think that's what the analog panel kits on that site are for.

[Setekh]

Right... I wonder he was doing originally separating one from the other. Oh well, hope you have luck finding a solution.

[Nuke]

yea but does it come with a monitor enclosure or just the adapter board.

[WMCoolmon]

I think it's the enclosure, not sure if the adaptor board is included.

Incidentally, I just got a real laptop today. It was at a thrift shop, 50% off of $50 and seems to be mostly working.

Picture:


Specs:

486DX2/50
 8 MB RAM (expandable to 20)
 200 MB HD
 Windows 95
 2 PCMICA slots
 2 PS/2 connectors
 1/4" floppy
 10 MBps PCMICA card
 28.8 Modem w/ broken phone connector
 SVGA out
 serial port, a big scsi thingy, and a serial/ or parallel port
 trackball spot
 Battery that'll go for about 10 minutes, according to the laptop.

Phear!

Let's see someone get fs2_open working on this baby!


...No. Not the dedicated server version...

[kasperl]

Good luck with getting the ded server working period.

Something that's  mobile is nice, but a broken batt. is pretty annoying. My laptop's battery can go up to 7 hours when using notepad, or 4 when using Word '02, Winamp, Excel, and Mozilla. But then, the whole thing is pretty modern.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]I picked up an IBM Thinkpad T21 for £257 on Ebay, it's rather good, will soon be dual booting Gentoo and Win2k (for the odd game ).

800MHz P3
128MB PC100 RAM
20 gig IBM Travelstar
DVD drive (w00t!)
Floppy drive
TV out (still have to get this working though)
Built in NIC/56K modem mini PCI combo.

Rather good.
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[aldo_14]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
I think it's the enclosure, not sure if the adaptor board is included.

Incidentally, I just got a real laptop today. It was at a thrift shop, 50% off of $50 and seems to be mostly working.

Picture:


Specs:


Phear!

Let's see someone get fs2_open working on this baby!


...No. Not the dedicated server version...

you could run Syndicate,  Strike Commander and System Shock on that thing, though.

For free.

[WMCoolmon]

Heh. I'm hoping I can run Tyrian, too.

Incidentally does anyone know of any good, small browsers I could install? Firefox and Thunderbird are pretty large, and Navigator 3 is pretty old. Preferably something besides Lynx and telnet.